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Carnival Sales 2009 has started last weekend (4 July), and will be ended by 31 August 2009. The 58 days event is targeted to occupy 30% of the tourist total spend during the sales period.

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Minister of Arts, Culture and Tourism, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said government will take action to upgrade the existing 4000 home stay in Malaysia in order to attract more foreign tourists. She also added, government does not encourage setup of new home stay for the time being.

The ministry will first emphasis on the hygiene issue. Report shows that there are still room for improvement for the home stay hygiene. Also, Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism proposes to launch Railway Home Stay in Kelantan. Under the program, tourists are given opportunity to spend their holidays at the home stay nearby railway station.

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Pahang state’s Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism will provide free WiFi at Teluk Cempedak for a duration of 1 year. It is part of the state’s government plan to develop Teluk Cempedak in order to attract more tourists. The free service is expected to bring convenience to tourists for surfing and work purposes. Free WiFi service is expected to be ready in 1 month time, and tourist to Teluk Cempedak can expect for the free service by mid of July 2009.

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Grab the opportunity to win prizes worth more than RM10,000 now by entering the ‘Penang Postcard Photography Contest’!

Penang government together with KDU Penang are organizing a postcard photography contest in conjunction with the first anniversary of Georgetown being awarded as a World Heritage Site. The contest is open for public and contestants are required to send in their photo before 31 August 2009.

The theme for the contest would be Penang itself. It could be the state’s culture, heritage, landscape, food and people. The winning photos will be printed into postcard and distributes to tourists. The action is aimed to introduce Penang to more people all over the world.

All contestants will be given a participation certificate and the prizes for top three winners are RM2000, RM1500 and RM1000 respectively. Besides, there are also two consolation prizes worth RM200 to be won.

For more details, you can visit http://www.visitpenang.gov.my, http://www.kdupg.edu.my or call 04-2266368 （ext 154）.

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If you speak French and interested in becoming a Malaysia tour guide, grab the opportunity now.

For the first time, Ministry of Tourism Malaysia (MOT) has loosen the requirement for a French spoken tour guide. Applicants can be a non-professional (without license) and even a non-Malaysia citizen. For those who are interested, you may contact MOT directly.

Currently, Malaysia is lack of French tour guide. So far, there is only 38 registered French tour guides in Malaysia. As the government is targeting 100,000 France visitors this year, the above plan has to be taken to overcome the shortage of French tour guide.

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