JOHOR BARU: It’s a long holiday break and hotels here are doing brisk business, with many registering full occupancy.
One of the main reasons for this is the theme park attractions, especially in Nusajaya.
M Suites Hotel general manager Dev Singh said that since the opening of Legoland Malaysia and Puteri Harbour Indoor Theme Park, Johor had become a hot spot for holidaymakers.
“Despite a 30% increase in room rates, many are still calling in for bookings. Currently, we have only a handful of rooms available. But from Thursday onwards, we are fully booked,” he said.
A Thistle Hotel spokesman said it was fully booked for the weekend.
“We have offered a special Legoland Malaysia package and almost half of our bookings were from guests who took up our two-day-one-night theme park package.
“The package includes two free adult tickets to Legoland with transportation,” he said, adding that the room rates had been slightly increased for the peak season.
Malaysian Association of Hotels Johor chapter honorary secretary Aidah Abd Rahman said that many of its members reported good response in room bookings for the school holiday period.
“Holidaymakers booked the rooms as early as April but most of them were snapped up in the last two weeks,” she said.
However, Aidah said that with many new hotels opening in Johor there would be more rooms available soon.
“We are happy with the rate of growth experienced by the hospitality industry in the state and this shows that the components formulated for Iskandar Malaysia are now bearing fruit,” she said.
-- From TheStar
