Malaysia hopes for two million tourists from Indonesia
Malaysian Tourism Promotion Director General Dato Mirza Mohammad Taiyab hoped the number of Indonesian tourists coming to Malaysia in 2007 would reach two million.

"We hope that the number of Indonesian tourists visiting our country would meet our expectations," Dato Mirza Mohammad Thiyab told the press on the sidelines of the ongoing PATA Travel Mart in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Friday.

He said Malaysia on the occasion of the tourist visit year and its 50th anniversary is offering special and affordable tourist packages.

According to data, from January through July 2007, more than one million people had come to Malaysia to spend their holiday, Dato Mirza flanked by Malaysian Senior Tourism Director Abdul Halim Saruji, said.

Most of the Indonesian tourists visiting Malaysia came from Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Java.