Govt revises tourist target

One for the album: Nancy (centre) presenting a mock cheque of RM10,000 to Noor Syahidah Abdullah and Jaihar Jailani Ismail who won the Product Professional category of the Promotional Product Design Award at the 12th Malaysia Gift Fair networking night. Looking on are (from left) Loo and Peh. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The air of uncertainty regarding the national tourism industry’s ability to rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic has dissipated as Malaysia surpassed its target of two million tourist arrivals.

Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the country hit the mark on Tuesday and it has a new target of 4.5 million arrivals.