Najib launches masterplan to boost Langkawi tourist arrivals


Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak (right) listening to briefing by Chairman of Albukhary Group Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary (left) on the Perdana Quay Masterplan.

LANGKAWI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Sunday launched the Perdana Quay Development Masterplan here and expressed the hope to see three million annual tourist arrivals to this legendary island, injecting RM3.8bil into the economy.

He said tourism was a key element of the Economic Transformation Programme (ZETP) to turn Malaysia into a high-income nation by the year 2020.

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