State expects to woo a million sports tourists
The state is eyeing a 10% increase or one million tourist arrivals next year through sports tourism, said Chief Minister Datuk Mohd Ali Rustam.
To achieve the target, Mohd Ali added the state should organise at least 34 international and national sports events next year.
“If possible, we should play host to an average of three sports events every month,” he said at the launch the 2010 National Taekwondo Championship here recently.
A total of 114 taekwondo exponents from Malaysia and Indonesia were vying for honours at the two-day competition.
Malacca received 7.8 million tourists between January and November this year and is expected to woo 10 million tourists by the year-end compared to 8.9 million last year.
Speaking on a separate matter, Mohd Ali said a sports institute would be set up in Malacca in January to improve the quality of sports and sales of sports goods in the state.
The institute will be entrusted with the responsibility of managing two sports stores, which will be opened by the state and Malacca Stadium Corporation at the Hang Jebat Stadium and Digital Mall, Jalan Hang Tuah, he added.
-News courtesy of The Star-
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