SHANGHAI: Malaysia garnered another industry accolade when it was voted the best leisure short-haul destination by the Travel Weekly publication.

The award was received by Tourism Malaysia's international marketing director for Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia Chong Yoke Har at a dinner ceremony here on Tuesday before China's biggest industry show, the China International Travel Mart, opens here today.

Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong were the three shortlisted for the leisure short-haul market accolade, one of 47 awards presented by the magazine. A total of 600,000 votes were received for the awards. -- Bernama