Malaysia Tourism Hunt 2013 - The Hunt Begins! #MTH2013

Malaysia Tourism Hunt 2013 was flagged off by Y. Bhg Dato’ Hj. Azizan Noordin, Deputy Director General (Planning) in MOTAC, Putrajaya on Monday. Local and international medias from ASEAN countries (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Brunei) and Iran participated in this exciting event. This expedition will take the medias to Johor Bahru, southern state of Malaysia starting from Putrajaya via Sepang, Port Dickson, Melaka, Muar, Kluang and Nusa Jaya.

This event is was crafted to expose local and foreign medias to our culture & heritage via homestay experience, traditional games and of course our delicious local food along the routes taken. Other exciting activities include Treasure Hunt (Walk A Hunts, Scavenger  Hunts, Photo Hunts, Treasure for Charity) and Amazing Race (folk games, Fear Factor & Challenges) where medias will experience and experiment it with the locals.

Aside from promoting tourist destinations, Malaysia Tourism Hunt 2013 ( #MTH2013 ) objectives is also to intensify the promotion of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 ( #VMY2014 ), to strengthen Cuti-Cuti 1Malaysia (CC1M) campaign and visibility thus increase growth of domestic tourism industry and increase awareness on ‘self-drive holiday’.

Winning teams will receive attractive prizes provided by Tourism Malaysia; the first place winner will receive RM4,000 in cash, second place winner will receive RM3,000 and RM2,500 for the third place, the fourth to tenth place winners will receive special prizes.

 A special thank you to our Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) and Malaysian Civil Defense Department (JPAM) in helping to make this event a great success.