Date: 19 January 2013
UPM Launched First University Tour Package.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Friday launched their Mother Nature Tour Trail in conjunction with the Visit
Malaysia Year 2014 (VMY) Promotional Campaign in Bukit Jalil here.
The tour package makes UPM the first university to offer the
tourism package by allowing tourists to explore the university's vast natural
surrounding located at its campus in Serdang.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Prof.
Datuk Ir Dr. Mohd Salleh Jaafar, said the package offered was not the usual
tour packages in the market. "There are seven locations selected specially
for the package that offers from half day tours up to three days and two
nights," he said.
Dr Mohd Salled said the packages were priced between RM 99
to RM 370 per person. Three tour agents will start promoting the package,
namely TM Tours and Travel, Mitra Kembara and Poto Travel and Tours.
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, who launched the
tour package, said 30 UPM students had been trained for the tour package and
this would help expand the tourism industry further by exposing UPM students to
the industry.
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