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    18 May 2012| last updated at 12:55AM

    Malacca fest to draw 800,000 visitors



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    JOHOR BARU: The Malacca government hopes to attract 800,000 tourists during the Melaka River Carnival 2012 to be held for a month starting June 8.

    State Transportation, Information, Unity and Consumerism Committee chairman Datuk Ghazale Mohamad said the sixth edition of the carnival would feature 53 attractive activities from government agencies and the private sector.

    "The carnival had attracted 500,000 visitors last year and we are confident the figure will increase this year," he saidwhen promoting the event at the Sultan Iskandar Information and Broadcast Centre here yesterday.

    Ghazale said the carnival would include competitions in kayak and parade of boats that would be open to foreign participants as well.

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