TOURISM MALAYSIA ORGANISING MALAYSIA PHOTO HUNT 2025, PRIZES WORTH RM100,000 AWAIT WINNERS

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) --  The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), through Tourism Malaysia, is organising the ‘Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025’ photo and video competition from June 1 to 31 August 31, as part of efforts to intensify the promotion of tourism destinations in the lead-up to Visit Malaysia Year 2026 (TMM2026).

Its deputy minister, Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan,  said the tourism-themed competition is open to all Malaysians, foreign residents and international visitors with a total prize pool of RM100,000.

He said participants have the opportunity to win four main prizes, namely RM15,000 for the photo category and RM25,000 for the video category for phone users, as well as RM25,000 (photo category) and RM35,000 (video category) for camera users.

Participants of the Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025 need to submit photos or videos online, along with copies of receipts as proof of travel activities, such as accommodation at registered and licensed premises, purchase of tickets to tourist attractions or booking of domestic transport tickets dated between Jan 1 and  Aug 31, 2025.

“This competition is among the high-impact initiatives in intensifying the country's tourism promotion efforts creatively and to encourage domestic and international visitors to promote the beauty of Malaysia through photos and videos on their social media channels,” he said

He said this in his speech at the launch of Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025, which was read out by MOTAC Deputy Secretary-General (Culture) Datuk Mohd Yusri Mohd Yusoff, at the Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTIC) here, today.

According to Khairul Firdaus, Tourism Malaysia is also holding a 'Fam Trip' programme for local and ASEAN influencers from June 13 to 15 by receiving sponsorship of 10 cars from Perodua to introduce interesting tourist destinations.

Later, at a press conference, Tourism Malaysia Deputy Director-General (Promotion II) Lee Thai Hung said the Malaysia Photo Hunt 2025 can also provide exposure and promotion to interesting destinations in the country, especially those that are not known to many.

"Maybe Malaysians themselves do not know about the existence of these locations...so, maybe it can be developed later and we hope this programme can provide exposure and offer more new products to international tourists," he said. 

The competition brings together five well-known brands as strategic partners, namely Canon, Sony, Samsung, OPPO and Huawei.

As an incentive, the first 2,000 entries will stand a chance to receive an exclusive mystery prize from Tourism Malaysia.

The official results of the competition are expected to be announced in October, followed by a special exhibition to showcase selected photo and video works as part of the promotional campaign towards TMM2026.

More information and entry forms can be found on the official Tourism Malaysia website via the link www.mphunt.tourism.gov.my.

-- BERNAMA