Abdul Razak (second from right) launching the mobile tourism information centre truck at Ayer Keroh.
MELAKA: There are sufficient hotel rooms available to host tourists during the Visit Melaka Year 2024 (TMM 2024) said Melaka tourism, heritage, art and culture committee chairman, Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman.
He said the ample number of hotels in the state is able to cater for those heading to the city during the TMM 2024.
“We have enough rooms to accommodate the tourists,” he said after launching the Tourism Melaka mobile Tourism Information Centre (TIC) truck and handing over goody bags to motorists heading back for the Hari Raya celebration at the Ayer Keroh archway here on Wednesday (April 20) night.
Melaka has an estimated 23,000 hotel rooms available and also has several starred hotels.
On the TIC, Abdul Razak said it is the first truck to be used for the purpose of promoting tourism.
He said information regarding tourist icons and destinations in the state will be made available by TIC during roadshows.
Abdul Razak said the truck will also organise events at shopping complexes all over the country to further intensify events, promotions and interesting packages related to TMM 2024
He also noted there was a 126.76% increase with the arrival of more than six million tourists in 2022 compared to 2.6 million people for the same period in 2021.
Out of the total, he said 5.6 million were domestic tourists.
Melaka is targeting 8.2 million visitors for this year.
