Not exactly the whole nation but Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism against Nila Tanzil from Indonesia. She was sent to Malaysia under her employer's name, SCTV, who was invited to send representatives to cover Malaysia's tourism activities during the Visit Malaysia Year 2007.Thereafter, upon her return to Indonesia she put up some comments in her blog (seems to have been edited now) which were deemed unfavourable by Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism who put up a protest. Nila has been suspended until further notice due to that. And in an indiret manner, Nila was referred to as a liar by the Malaysia's Minister of Tourism, Tengku Adnan. There goes the war of words.
Even Indonesian websites have picked up this on-going battle of words:-
* Nila Tanzil: Mana yang Tak Benar? - DetikINET
* Menteri Malaysia Cap Blogger Indonesia Tukang Kibul - DetikINET
Reading: Ku Nan blooper: Backlash in Indonesia - Screenshots
Reading: Malaysia Tourism Board Disappointing - Maverick Indonesia (got Nila's picture from here)
If you say the wrong things (deemed wrong usually) as a blogger, no matter how far you are, you won't escape. It seems that people nowadays can't take constructive criticisms. A shot in the foot for the Visit Malaysia Year 2007 as well.
At this moment, Indonesia is aiming for at least 1,000,000 Malaysian tourists to visit Indonesia this year out of a Malaysia population of approximately 24,800,000 (which represents 4%). Based on Malaysia's Ministry of Tourism's database for year 2006, only 1,217,024 Indonesians visited (the legal ones, of course) Malaysia out of an approximate population of about 234,600,000 (which represents 0.52%). Can Malaysia match Indonesia's 4% target as well which works out to about 9,284,000 Indonesian tourists?
Tags: Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia, Visit Malaysia Year 2007, Nila Tanzil, SCTV, Indonesia, Tengku Adnan, DetikINET, Tourist
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