The KL Tower in Malaysia will promote wedding tourism as their main product too to attract more local and foreign tourists to use the tower as their preferred choice to host wedding receptions said its Chief Executive Officer, Zuraida Mohd Said.
Zuraida said that under the marriage package called "Wedding Made in the Sky" that was initiated since 2008, 35 couples had held their wedding at the fourth tallest tower in the world.
"We hope by promoting wedding tourism, more people locals and foreigners will choose this country, especially KL Tower, as their main choice for wedding ceremonies," she told reporters after witnessing the solemnization ceremony of six Malaysian Chinese couples and a mixed couple of Malaysian-British at the KL Tower, Sunday.
The event was jointly organized by the KL Tower and Bell Notes with the support from the National Registration Department (NRD).
All seven couples were solemnized by NRD officer, I. Ramani and at the same time, they were also greeted by seven base jumpers from the top of KL Tower.
Zuraida said, each couple was charged RM25,000, which includes reception ceremony at the Open Terrace, photo session and also a gift.
She said, KL Tower will introduce more interesting marriage packages such as Malay weddings early next year at the Mega view Banquet and Open Deck Terrace.
"We hope by introducing this package, more Malay couples who prefer to hold their weddings at hotels and villages will be interested with this package," she said.
About Tourism
Malaysia India Malaysia welcomed 589,838 Indian tourists in the year 2009; and have set an ambitious target of 6,50,000 visitors from India for 2010 - a growth of 10% over 2009. Tourism Malaysia also aims at increasing the length of stay from the present levels of 6.5 days to 7.5 days.
Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board popularly known as Tourism Malaysia was established to promote Malaysia as an top of the mind tourist destination showcasing Malaysia's unique wonders, attractions and cultures; develop domestic tourism and enhance Malaysia's share of the market for meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE). Tourism Malaysia's objective is to promote Malaysia as an outstanding tourist destination and make the tourism industry a major contributor to the socio-economic development of the nation. In India Tourism Malaysia offices are conveniently located in cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. Website: www.malaysiajao.com
