Malaysia
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What is
vacation and the advantages of having vacation? Based on the article, ‘Definitions
for vacation’, vacation can be defined as a period of suspension of regular
work, study or other activity used for rest, recreation or travel. Besides,
based on the similar article, vacation also means that an act or instance of
vacating. Vacation is a desire by most people and for those who gain advantages
out of vacation will seize the chance as possible. People always think that
vacation need to be at the different countries such as Europe, Australia,
Africa and others which is far from Malaysia. However, having vacation in Malaysia
will give more advantages and benefits that some Malaysian do not know about
it. The advantages of having vacation in Malaysia are; low travelling cost,
many natural beauties to explore, and various cultural diversities.
One of the advantages of having
a vacation in Malaysia is low travelling cost. Malaysia has cheap destinations
for Malaysian and also for tourists from other countries. Why it is so? Morris
(2012) mentioned that, tourists only need to spend about RM300 per holiday to
have a good vacation with reasonable quality hotel room. Although RM300 is not
enough for tourists to spend in Kuala Lumpur and any other major cities in
Malaysia, but it is suitable and more than enough to spend in other state in
Malaysia such as Terengganu where the cost of living is not that expensive.
Besides, Malaysia is also stated as one of the shopping heaven for tourists. It
is because, in Malaysia, the local products and branded goods are cheaper
compared to other countries in the region. In fact, in order to attract tourist
to spend more in Malaysia, Malaysia Tourism has organized the “Year End Sale
(YES)” every year. During YES, the price for non and branded items are normally
cheaper than the usual.
Another advantages of having a
vacation in Malaysia is, there are many natural beauties to be explore. For
those who love the beach, they can choose their location, or places for holiday
from varities of beaches and islands along the shore of Peninsular Malaysia.
According to Rusli (2011), Pangkor Island and Redang Island have beautiful
beaches for tourist to do water activities such as snorkelling and scuba
diving. As mentioned by TunDr. Mahathir (2005), one of the attraction in
Langkawi is the ‘Underwater World Langkawi’. This underwater world is one of
the Malaysia’s largest aquarium and “one of the largest marine and fresh water
aquaria in South East Asia”. Langkawi also is a duty free island where tourists
can buy gifts asrememberance. Furthermore, in Malaysia also there are beautiful
mountains that allow tourists to enjoy the spectacular view. Based on the
article,‘Malaysia Vacation Guide Your Travel Companion’ (n.d), Cameron
Highlands, Genting Highlands, Fraser Hill and Bukit Tinggi are examples of
mountains that have been transformed for tourists attraction with the beautiful
of the flora that combined with the mountainous landscapes surrounded the
highlands. With these advantages, many tourists and also environmentalist are
attracted to come back to these mountains.
Finally,
the advantages of having vacation in Malaysia is the various cultural
diversities. Various cultural diversities and ethnics can be seen in “its
language, music, dance, people and handicrafts as well.” Malaysia is a nation
of diversity in unity where Malays, Chinese, Indians and the indigenous people
of Sabah and Sarawak live in harmony as mentioned by Zara (2009). With this
unique multiculturalism, it has not only regard Malaysia as food paradise but
also made Malaysia as a home to hundred of colourful festivals. These are due
to its architectural that reflect the colourful heritage and culture.Therefore
Malaysia is a nice and suitable place for a vacation. In addition, the openness
to diversity has lead Malaysia to become more special and to be remembered
because of the different ethnicity. Different races have different types of
meeting and greeting according to its culture and belief. Therefore, Malaysia
can be a well-known country because of the various cultural diversities.
In a
nutshell, various cultural diversities, low travelling costs and many natural
beauties to explore are the advantages of having a vacation in Malaysia.
Malaysian should give priority to their own country before they think of going
for a vacation in other countries. Therefore, the economy of the country will
increased and this will help the tourism sector to develop more places to be
visit in the future and indirectly will increase the number of tourist from
other countries to visit Malaysia especially Malaysian.
