A festive welcome: Tourism Malaysia rolls out celebrations for Chinese New Year at airports

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Tourism Malaysia hosted a welcoming Chinese New Year reception for tourists at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) on Wednesday (Jan 29).  Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general Lee Thai Hung said the department has been conducting celebrations to welcome inbound tourists at KLIA on the first day of Chinese New Year for the past two years.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3r9a2mry   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tourists who flew into Malaysia on Wednesday received a warm welcome during Tourism Malaysia's

00:07Chinese New Year reception.

00:09Held at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the celebration aims to showcase the country's

00:14rich cultural diversity.

00:16Deputy Director-General Lee Tai Hung said the department has been hosting these festive

00:21airport receptions for the second year to greet inbound tourists on the first day of

00:26Chinese New Year.

00:28Today at Tourism Malaysia we are having these receptions, which is not the first year.

00:33Last two years we also did have the celebrations during the first day, as well as this is part

00:39of the festive celebrations that we would like to welcome all the foreigners, tourists,

00:44visitors from around the world.

00:46Especially today is Chinese New Year, that means it's for the China celebrations.

00:51The next upcoming, we also have under the Minister Tiong Keng Seng, Datuk Sri Tiong,

00:56already mentioned that all festive, Tourism Malaysia will do and conduct receptions for

01:02others, Hari Raya, as well as Deepavali, we will do upcoming festive to welcome and show

01:07our hospitality to the foreigners.

01:11Many tourists praised Malaysia as a compelling travel destination, citing its lively multicultural

01:17scene and the many festive celebrations, while some said they enjoy coming back here.

01:24Malaysia as in it's a diverse country, multicultural and we wanted to explore more of the Southeast

01:31Asia, so we are going Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

01:35So that's the reason our first stop is in Malaysia.

01:38We have seen the fireworks in KLCC and other places for the Chinese New Year and it's really

01:44exciting to see a country so much diverse and the Chinese community over here is very

01:52nice, helpful and they have been celebrating since two days I guess now.

01:57Every year we come to Malaysia, last January we were here and because my cousins live here,

02:04my mum was Malaysian, she was born in Malaysia, got married to my father Sri Lanka, so we

02:10come here every year and we love the people, we love the food, we love everything here.

02:16When we booked the ticket, we didn't know it was Chinese New Year, so it's just coincidence

02:20but everything's gone well, the new immigration process is great.

02:25Very good, very good, yes.

02:28We hopefully enjoy a nice stay here.

02:30As part of promoting the exciting Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign, this year's vibrant Chinese

02:36New Year celebration also featured Yi Sang tossing tradition, lion dance as well as the

02:42appearance of VM 2026 mascots Weera and Manja.

02:47Besides KLIA, similar Chinese New Year welcome receptions were also held at Penang International

02:53Airport, Kota Kinabalu International Airport and Kuching International Airport.

03:06Visit www.visitchina.co.nz for more information

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