Start now to be ready for VMY 2026


WHEN tabling Budget 2024, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also Finance Minister, announced that 2026 would be the next Visit Malaysia Year.

Hoping to net 26 million foreign tourist arrivals and an estimated revenue of RM97.6bil, the government has allocated RM350mil from Budget 2024 to boost tourism promotion activities.

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