Malaysian resort Terengganu to attract more than 2 million tourists from China

“Terengganu hopes to entice the 2.12 million Chinese tourists visiting Malaysia to the east coast peninsula state through direct chartered flights,” the report says.
According to the director of the tourism department Terengganu Tun Ahmad Faisal Tun Abdul Razak, direct charter flights to Kuala-Terengganu were the answer to the opening of charters to other cities in Malaysia. Previously, most of them went directly to Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang or Johor Baru from 13 different cities in China.
Some of these flights are operated by China Southern Airlines and AirAsia.
“We also have to seriously look into initiating similar direct charter flights from China to Kuala Terengganu if we want to capture the visitors from there. Once Terengganu has become attractive enough with a regular influx of Chinese tourists, then we can move towards scheduled commercial flights,” the agency quoted Faisal saying, having added that the beaches and islands of Malaysia are very attractive for tourists from China.
He also said, Terengganu intends to ensure the tourists to come not only in the season between March and September.
“We cannot just sit around and lose tourism revenue. Thus, we have come up with alternative tourism packages to Kenyir Lake and other tourist attractions like sporting and cultural activities,” Faisal said.