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Thu, 09/04/2008 - 18:08
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TRAVEL PACKAGES AT MATTA INCREASE UP TO 10 PCT
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 (Bernama) -- Travel packages offered at the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) fair this month will see an increase of up to 10 per cent but it will not deter people from travelling.
Matta president Ngiam Foon said the rising prices compared with those at
the
fair in March were inevitable due to increase in the surcharge.
"We need to take the market condition into account. However, we are very
confident that people will still travel although the price has been increased,"
he told a pre-event news conference here Thursday.
The Matta fair will be held from Friday until Sept 7 at the Putra World
Trade Centre here. Tourism Minister Azalina Othman Said is expected to open
the event participated by over 200 exhibitors and sponsors occupying 880 booths.
Meanwhile, Matta organising chairman Mohd Khalid Harun said visitors
to the fair were assured of best travel bargains and discounts on tour packages,
air tickets and other travel-related products.
"We have also arranged various fun and exciting activities and interesting
international performances to create an atmosphere suitable for visitors of all
ages," he said, adding that the event was expected to attract more than 70,000
local and foreign visitors and register sales of RM80 million.
Matta president Ngiam Foon said the rising prices compared with those at
the
fair in March were inevitable due to increase in the surcharge.
"We need to take the market condition into account. However, we are very
confident that people will still travel although the price has been increased,"
he told a pre-event news conference here Thursday.
The Matta fair will be held from Friday until Sept 7 at the Putra World
Trade Centre here. Tourism Minister Azalina Othman Said is expected to open
the event participated by over 200 exhibitors and sponsors occupying 880 booths.
Meanwhile, Matta organising chairman Mohd Khalid Harun said visitors
to the fair were assured of best travel bargains and discounts on tour packages,
air tickets and other travel-related products.
"We have also arranged various fun and exciting activities and interesting
international performances to create an atmosphere suitable for visitors of all
ages," he said, adding that the event was expected to attract more than 70,000
local and foreign visitors and register sales of RM80 million.
