Up to a million visitors expected at KL book fest


Written words: PBAKL 2022 was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Friday. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: After being held online for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kuala Lumpur International Book Festival 2022 (PBAKL 2022), which began on Friday, is expected to draw between 700,000 and one million visitors.

PBAKL 2022 organising committee chairman Mohd Khair Ngadiron said this projection was based on the arrival of over 50,000 visitors per day at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, the venue for the book festival.

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