OVER 140,000 TOURISTS LANDED IN MELAKA VIA LUXURY CRUISE SHIPS

MELAKA, Dec 8 (Bernama) — A total of 143,218 tourists landed in Melaka via luxury cruise ships from November last year to October, said state Tourism, Heritage, Arts and Culture Exco Datuk Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman.

He said the arrival of the tourists was via six luxury cruise ships that stopped in Melaka, involving the Genting Dream Cruise, Seven Sea Voyager Cruise, Riviera Cruise, Star Voyager Cruise, Regatta Cruise and Nautica Cruise.

“Based on records received by the Tourism Promotion Division (BBP) of the Melaka Chief Minister’s Department, a total of 249,829 tourists have boarded luxury cruise ships to Melaka.

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“However, only 143,218 tourists have landed at the Melaka Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex,” he said at the Melaka State Legislative Assembly session at the Seri Negeri Complex here today.

He was responding to a question posed by Low Chee Leong (PH-Kota Laksamana) who wanted to know the number of luxury cruise ship tourist landings in Melaka every month since 2024.

Regarding the construction of the Cruise Terminal on Pulau Melaka, Abdul Razak said development work has commenced and recorded physical progress of around five per cent.

“To date, a total of 60 piles have been installed, marking the start of construction work on the terminal’s basic structure.

“The state government insists that it will not tolerate any company that fails to fulfill its responsibilities and all violations will be subject to appropriate action without compromise,” he said.

— BERNAMA