00:01The Star Carnival Chuti Chuti Malaysia
00:042026 kicked off its first roadshow stop in Kuantan,
00:09with a focus on driving domestic tourism spending across the local economy.
00:14The three-day carnival, held at East Coast Mall,
00:17is jointly organised by Tourism Malaysia and Star Media Group.
00:22It brings together travel agencies, hotels, attractions, food operators,
00:28craft sellers and other tourism industry players.
00:32Tourism Malaysia Senior Director of the Domestic and Events Division,
00:36Mohamed Roslan Abdullah, said the roadshow aims to encourage Malaysians
00:40to travel within the country while supporting the wider tourism ecosystem.
00:45We are able to provide a platform that does not only prohibit domestic development,
00:52even though it is a part of the domestic sector.
00:57We hope that the Имpunns and Events should provide a lot of people
00:59to draw the distance of unique and experience familiar in the country.
01:07With the people around the country,
01:09the domestic sector must be immensely pageant last year to make sure
01:16even more social investing in the country has been selected for changing
01:22Allen said domestic travel benefits the entire tourism ecosystem from hotels and travel agencies
01:29to transport operators, food vendors and craft entrepreneurs.
01:34He added that the Carnival also supports Tourism Malaysia's Destinasi Indah and Harga Rahma
01:41initiatives by providing visitors with access to value for money travel packages and tourism
01:47products.
01:48What is the most important, Carnival ini functions as a pusat to make it easier for people to make it
01:55easier.
01:57Besides that, Carnival ini also supports the Destinasi Indah and Harga Rahma
02:04by Tourism Malaysia with offering a promotion that is valuable.
02:08It will become more accessible and more accessible to all types of people.
02:28The Kwantan stop featured travel agencies and tourism operators offering packages for Pahang and other states.
02:37including Penang, Malacca, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak.
02:42Roslan said domestic tourism recorded 290.1 million visitors in 2025,
02:49an increase of 21.3% from 260.1 million in 2024.
02:56Domestic tourism expenditure also rose by 13.3%,
03:01reaching 121 billion ringgit in 2025, compared with 106.7 billion ringgit the previous year.
03:09The positive momentum continued into the first quarter of 2026,
03:14with 74.7 million domestic visitors recorded, up 7.2% from the same period last year.
03:23The carnival, themed Explore, Experience, Excite, is held in support of Visit Malaysia 2026.
03:30It features 36 vendors and exhibitors representing various tourism segments.
03:36Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association Deputy Secretary-General Teh Tiong Lei
03:41said domestic travellers have become more independent in planning their holidays,
03:46particularly with the rise of online travel platforms.
03:50If we refer to domestic, we need to improve our service as we give to the international.
03:55And we need to be competitive in terms of pricing.
03:57So in terms of pricing, very much, very straightforward.
04:01But the value of the money paid to you,
04:05that adds value for the experiential tour for our guests.
04:09So Malaysia, Mita, we always share with our members that add value,
04:15not only in terms of dollar sign,
04:19but the value can be justified by the customer.
04:22They will return back to you.
04:23Windham Garden, Shazan Fraser's Hill and Shazan Hotel Kwantan Trademark Collection
04:29by Windham Cluster.
04:30General Manager Charles Beepter said local travellers are increasingly showing interest
04:35in short domestic getaways.
04:38Windham Garden, Shazan Fraser's Hill is a unique destination.
04:41As we know, Fraser's Hill is well known for its tranquility
04:45and also its nature and is popular with bird watching internationally.
04:52Only World Group Holdings,
04:54Behard Sales and Business Development Director Kenny Wong
04:57said family attractions such as Wet World Shah Alam
05:00and the Top Penang have received an encouraging response from visitors.
05:04So yesterday we have a customer who actually came here to purchase 20 tickets
05:09for Wet World where they want to plan for their family trip,
05:12where they gather, fill family together,
05:14and just waiting for our booth and purchase.
05:16So I think it's quite a good response.
05:18At least we bring our product to Kuantan.
05:20Yeah, so I mean we bring our product to Kuantan to offer the best deal.
05:25Kuantan 188.
05:26General Manager Kalisa Azman said the roadshow provides an opportunity
05:30to promote discounted tickets and upcoming programmes.
05:34She said Kuantan 188 is offering a 50% discount
05:38on admission tickets throughout the roadshow.
05:41We have a 50% discount, all right?
05:43So anyone who wants to get this 50% discount chance
05:47can come to East Coast Mall and visit our booth.
05:51And this is only once in a lifetime.
05:53We hardly do a 50% discount, right?
05:55And we also have some merchandise they can purchase together.
05:59Some merchandise, when they purchase, they will get free tickets as well.
06:03So, you know, so you get to keep your momentum, so it is.
06:07And at the same time, you can experience Kuantan 188 as well.
06:12Visitor Nurul Husna Abdul Halim, who came from Gambang with her husband,
06:16Mohamed Safuan Mohamed Idris,
06:18said she was looking for domestic travel deals
06:21after seeing the carnival promotion online.
06:24I think it's a lot of promotion that's best for us to grab this promotion today.
06:32The roadshow is expected to attract more than 20,000 visitors nationwide.
06:37Following Kuantan, the carnival will continue in Johor Bahru
06:41from July 31st to August 2nd,
06:43before moving on to Kota Kinabalu, Penang, Petaling Jaya and Kuching.
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