Malaysia

Tourism in Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo’s East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 32 million

List of tourist attractions in Malaysia

• Alor Star – capital of Kedah, the state of the paddy fields
• George Town – the capital city of Penang, one of the country’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 7 July 2008.
• Ipoh – capital of Perak, famous for its Chinese food, tin mines and limestone mountains and caves
• Johor Bahru – capital of Johor, and gateway to Singapore
• Kangar – capital of Perlis, and gateway to Thailand
• Kota Kinabalu – capital of Sabah, nearest city to Mount Kinabalu
• Kota Bharu – capital of Kelantan, and gateway to Thailand
• Kuala Terengganu – capital of Terengganu, famous for the turtles and beaches
• Kuantan – capital of Pahang, noted for its many beaches
• Kuching – capital of Sarawak, the Cat City of Malaysia
• Malacca City – a historical city in Malaysia. This is the other cultural World Heritage Site in Malaysia since 7 July 2008.
• Seremban – the capital of Negeri Sembilan, and the nearest cities to Port Dickson
• Putrajaya – the administrative centre of Malaysia
• Petaling Jaya – a satellite city located in the state of Selangor, and is in the proximity of Kuala Lumpur. It has the most commercial complexes in Malaysia.

Beside the main cities, there other town and places in Malaysia offer some special tourist attraction. Such as in Taiping for their landscape and local attraction. Teluk Intan for their Leaning tower. Genting Highlands, Cameron Highlands and Bukit Tinggi in Pahang for a cool climate. Muar in Johor is famous for its food. Miri is the official tourism-city and resort city of Sarawak and Sibu in Sarawak is famous for its landscape and parks.