With Visit Malaysia Year (VMY) 2020 in sight, Tourism Malaysia’s Office based in Istanbul which is covering the Ukrainian market, organised a seminar to promote VMY 2020 on 1 October 2019 at Tolstiy & Tonkiy Restaurant, Kyiv. It was participated by more than 50 tour operators in Kyiv and co-organised by Center Travel Company, Kyiv and Turkish Airlines. A similar seminar was also held on 4 October 2019 in Lviv.
The well-attended seminar was officiated by H.E. Raja Dato’ Reza Raja Zaib Shah, Ambassador of Malaysia to Ukraine. In his opening remarks, the Malaysian Ambassador urged the local tour operators to promote Malaysia to the Ukrainian people. H.E. Raja Dato’ Reza Raja Zaib Shah later presented a return Kyiv-Istanbul-Kyiv air ticket to the winner of the main prize of the lucky draw courtesy of Turkish Airlines.
In 2018, more than 14000 Ukrainians visited Malaysia, an increase of 11% compared to the year 2017. VMY 2020 targets to bring in 30 million international tourists and RM 100 billion in tourist receipts.
