CulTure TraVel

TRAVEL TO MALAYSIA

 

MALAYSIA

Malaysia is located in part of the south-East Asia.  The neighbor country next to Malaysia Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand and shared maritime boundaries with  Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

AREA AND POPULATION

The total land area of Malaysia is 3,29,847 sq. kilometres or 127,350 sq mi., and it is the 66th largest country in the world in terms of land area. The population in the year of 2020 is estimated approximately at 32.7 million as compared to 32.5 million in 2019 with an annual growth rate of 0.4 per cent.

This is the population pyramid for Malaysia. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right.




Why Malaysia famous?

Famous for minerals and mining resources

Malaysia is prosperous with minerals and mining resources including petroleum extraction,  The major metallic ores are bauxite, clay, coal, copper, feldspar, gold, gravel, limonite, iron ore, kaolin, limestone, mica, monazite, sand, silica sand,  and tin, gold and diamond. Accounts for a significant portion of GDP, although it employs only a tiny fraction of the workforce.

Other factors

Malaysia is known for its capital city of Kuala Lumpur, a powerhouse financial and business hub in South East Asia, as well as its beautiful beaches, secluded islands, elevated hill stations, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Sum percentage of revenue comes from tourist source. Many people are like to go Malaysia to enjoy the natural scenario.  Malaysia is also home to some of the most stunning beaches in Asia.



KUALA LUMPUR

In Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur is famous due to financial and business hub in South East Asia.  Kuala Lumpur always famous for his décor and for that reason attracts the tourist and it is also well known for tourist. Petronas Towers is situated at Kulal Lumpur. There is two towers constructed for which it is also called Petronas twin Towers. The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic Art a reflection of Malaysia's  Muslim religion

 



The Petronas twin Towers were designed by one Argentine architect named Cesar pelli. A distinctive Postmodern style was chosen to create for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of 21st-century. Planning on the Petronas Towers started on 1 January 1992 and included rigorous tests and simulations of wind and structural loads on the design. Seven years of construction followed at the former site of the original Selangor turf Club, beginning on 1 March 1993 with excavation. The construction of the superstructure commenced on 1 April 1994. Interiors with furniture were completed on 1 January 1996, the spires of Tower 1 and Tower 2 were completed on 1 March 1996, 3 years after its construction was started, and the first batch of Petronas personnel moved into the building on 1 January 1997.

  

BEACHES

Malaysia is famous for his wonderful beaches. There are many beaches at Malaysia among them some beaches are famous.

LANGKAWI

Langkawi is popularly known as the Jewel of Kedah. It is not a single island but Langkawi is constituted with many islands in the Andaman Sea and nearly 30 Km fair from main land (from city of Kuala Lumpur). The population of this island is nearly 65,000.

 




Langkawi Island was honored for the World Geopark status in the year of 2007 by UNESCO. For which  langkawi Island is one of the famous islands and known to locally and globally and also attract the tourist due to the beautiful beach. Many tourist are coming from world wide for Langkawi beach. It is a famous beach of world. Mainly couples are coming to this place. At Langkawi, there are many types of hotels are for accommodation range from expensive to affordable price depends upon the persons which type of accommodation he / she wants.

 

At Langkawi one can take rental  vehicle or motorcycle to travel around the town. The rental is at affordable prices with different types of cars, bikes offered to affordable / reasonable price and convenience. However, if you prefer to avoid the hassle of driving, taxi is in the recommendation list to uphold your expectation during the whole journey.

PERHENTIAN ISLANDS

 


The Perhentians  has long been a popular beach destination in Malaysia, but were originally a break in the long journey between Bangkok and Malaysia.Perhentian Islands  is divided into two separate islands  namely  Besar (Big patch ) and another is Kecil (Small patch”). Both island is offered a specific brand of relaxation.

            Besar is the more isolated among two island and it is bigger in size. Beaches dot the circumference of the island but the centre is a tangled maze of forest and jagged rock. Many couples, newly married persons are preferred this island. But the resorts on Besar are more expensive and cater mostly than Kecil.

MERSING BEACH

 


This beach is one of the famous beaches in the list. Mersing is a town and the capital of Mersing District, Johor of Malaysia . Mersing town is covered over an area of 761 Sq. Km. The population is not much more but the estimated population is nearly 70,000.Tourists can visit many nearby beaches in Mersing. These are easily easy to get from Mersing town. Other interesting and attractive places to visit near to Mersing town are Endau town, a major off-shore fishing port in Johor and Penyabong, a very quiet fishing village located in a beautiful cove by the sea and Endau Rompin national park in the north.

 

TIOMAN ISLAND





Tioman is located in Malaysia in Rompin District,  as part of the State of Pahang and it is covered over an area of 136 Sq. Km but it is geographically closer to mainland. Tioman has been used for thousands of years by fishermen as an important navigation point and a source of fresh water. Once upon a time during the World War II, Tioman played host to both for the British (UK) and the Japanese navies.. There are 11 beautiful beaches in Tipman Island. Every beach can not compared with other namely Nipah Beach, Air Batang Beach, Tekek Beach, Salang Beach, Genting Beach, Paya Beach, Mukut Beach, Juara Beach, Monkey Beach, lalang Beach and Lanting Beach.