Dissatisfied Tiong wants tourism video remade with detailed content

Summary

• Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing says he has ordered the Visit Malaysia Year 2026 promotional video to be remade.

• He says the current video 'jumps here and there', leaving people confused.

• Tiong wants each state to be promoted in an orderly manner, urging state governments to collaborate with his ministry.

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The promotional video for Visit Malaysia Year 2026 will be remade with more detailed content to better showcase each state and is expected to be aired within a week, said Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Tiong King Sing.

He stated that the ministry and relevant agencies have been instructed to produce promotional videos and segment the promotions by zones, as he was dissatisfied with the final video presented to him today.

“I want the video divided by zones so that people understand what attractions each state has, rather than jumping here and there... In the end, foreign tourists are confused and don’t know which attractions belong to which state.

“We promote each state in an orderly manner. I request all state governments to collaborate and provide us with information on new tourism destinations, products, packages, or the most delicious local food that we can include in the videos for promotion,” he added, according to Bernama.

Yesterday, Tiong and his ministry came under fire over the 41-second promotional video for not including images of mosques but featured the Batu Caves Hindu temple and the Christ Church in Malacca.

Following this, the minister said the launch video for the campaign did not include mosques as it was supposed to be short and simple.

Promoting tourism, nothing racial

However, he added that mosques are included in a more detailed promotional video that will come later.

Tiong said the longer video would also include silat and the Ngajat and Sumazau dances.

“Malaysia has all sorts of beauty and uniqueness in this country, including the stunning architecture of mosques.

“To that end, these elements have been included in a more detailed promotional video that will display each element more specifically.

“This video is in the final processing stages and will be released soon,” he said.

Tiong added that the video is to promote Malaysia’s value as a tourist destination as a whole, not race and religion.

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