Thousands of people gathered in Shah Alam on Saturday (July 20), to celebrate Bon Odori, an annual summer event from Japan, now in its 48th edition.
Selangor Local Government and Tourism Committee Chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim highlighted at a press conference that the celebration plays a pivotal role in driving tourism to the state, and noted a significant boost in state tourism, with a remarkable 49% increase in visitors from Japan in 2023 compared to the previous year.
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00:00In this evening, we celebrate it with Selangor Tourism, with the Cepun-Kuala Lumpur Club at the 48th Bon Orori Festival.
00:22This is a very popular festival, receiving warm welcome every year, which has been held for 48 years.
00:33And Selangor Tourism, we are very happy and also together with the organizers to organize this program together.
00:46So, among the events, we show openness and celebrate various cultures in our country, including the culture of Cepun.
01:00There are many priests from Cepun in Malaysia, especially in Selangor.
01:06In Selangor, there are many priests from Cepun, and we celebrate it together.
01:11There are no other events other than that.
01:14We celebrate and experience the diversity of cultures of each tribe, including the foreign cultures from Cepun and so on.
01:24And this is also a very good place for Selangor Tourism to promote to take a vacation around Selangor first.
01:33Selangor, take me anywhere.
01:35This is a place for us to make a boost and so on.
01:39Get to know Malaysia, get to know Selangor.
01:42Especially in the year of hope, in 2025, we will carry out, plan the year to visit Selangor 2025.
01:54Visit Selangor Year 2025.
01:56So, this is a place for us to promote as great as possible, as much as possible to all people, places and also internationally.
02:08Today, we have a lot of people from Cepun and so on.
02:11There was also South Korea earlier.
02:13So, this is a golden opportunity.
02:15We don't want to miss it.
02:17We don't want to miss any opportunity for us to make it great.
02:22To take a vacation around Selangor first.
02:23Based on our tourism statistics, as many as 110,018 tourists from Cepun have taken a vacation in Selangor in 2023.
02:34With an increase of 49% compared to 2022.
02:41With a total of 73,822 tourists.
02:45So, we expect this year, if in the Vesta Bond Aurora, we get attendance as usual.
02:55Last year, it was 40,000.
02:57We don't want to be too congested, too lost and so on.
03:02If the figure can reach 40,000, I think that's the best.
03:05Very good.
03:06So, Cepun is one of the destinations in the country that we focus on top 5 in the list of tourists to Malaysia, especially to Islamabad.
03:20Indeed, we make this a platform and tourism in Selangor.
03:23Every year, we cooperate with the Jepung Kuala Lumpur club.
03:26We participate and provide mutual support.
03:30We have a team since the beginning of the year.
03:35Based on this program, this is an annual event.
03:38This is an annual event in the tourism calendar in Selangor.
03:42So, we are very focused and put a lot of effort.
03:46This Bond Aurora is one of the festivals that can attract a lot of attention.
03:50Not only the workers and students in Malaysia, but also in other places.
03:59This message will reach the Jepung.
04:03And they will know that in Malaysia, there is also a Vesta Bond Aurora.
04:10Not all the countries have it.
04:12I think it's only in Selangor.
04:13Yes, in Penang.
04:15Bond Aurora is the biggest in Selangor.
04:18Yes, the biggest in Selangor.
04:20This is the first time for me to attend Bond Aurora.
04:24So, this is the biggest in our country.
04:29So, we are very excited.
04:31Do you want to take a vacation?
04:33Come to Selangor first.
04:43Thank you.