Pakistan and Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the tourism sector, said an official statement. The MoU was signed by Shahid Rafi, Secretary Tourism, and Datuk Dr Victor Wec, Secretary General Ministry of Tourism of Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur. The MoU aims at promoting tourism through cooperation in training and publicity materials, holding of meetings, conventions, travel marts, trade fairs and investments in the field of tourism between the two countries. The step has been taken in the backdrop of Pakistan-Malaysia Travel Mart held in Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, organized by Pakistan embassy to bring together the tour operators of Pakistan and Malaysia for cross selling and networking of tourist flows between the two countries and beyond. The Travel Mart was attended by senior officials of Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Malaysian Tourism Board, Malaysian Association of Travel and Tour and Tour Agents, Malaysian Airlines and the Commonwealth Tourism Centre in Kuala Lumpur besides nearly a hundred leading tour and travel agents of Malaysian.
