Visit Malaysia year 2014 celebration kicks off

  Sixty-nine tourists from China 's Beijing and 20 others from China's Shanghai were welcomed Wednesday by Ong Hong Peng, secretary general of Malaysian Ministry of Tourism and Culture at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, symbolizing the commencement of Visit Malaysia Year 2014. The target of this special event is to extend a warm and rousing welcome to the tourists to Malaysia in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014. Thirty-seven entry points throughout the country also held similar welcome receptions at the same time. The first batch of international tourists were greeted with cultural presentations from traditional dancers, traditional music such as gamelan, cempuling and kompang and a "The Tarik" demonstration. Themed as "Celebrating 1Malaysia Truly Asia," a series of events and celebrations are arranged in Visit Malaysia Year 2014. t here