KLIA Offers Transit Tours “Discover Kuala Lumpur”

KLIA Offers Transit Tours “Discover Kuala Lumpur”

12 June 2007 Tuesday, KLIA: Passengers with more than four hours on transit in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will now be able take a quick tour of the city of Kuala Lumpur. Called “Discover Kuala Lumpur” (DKL), this transit tour is one of KLIA’s many ongoing efforts to enhance its facilities by offering passengers waiting on transit, a quick tour of the city of Kuala Lumpur using the high-speed KLIA Ekspres train.

To promote DKL, a transit tour counter has been set-up at the Satellite Building in KLIA to reach out to passengers waiting on transit.  Passengers wishing to take up DKL need only pay for the return train fare on the KLIA Ekspres.  A self–guide DKL booklet will be provided  free for the visitor to make the free and easy trip down to KL Sentral where a well connected LRT system, take them to their choice destinations. The recommended list of attractions in DKL aptly captures the essence and the appeal of our ever-changing and unique blend of traditions, cultures and modernity of our cosmopolitan capital city.

For the less adventurous, visitors may opt for a guided tour where they will be met by Menara KL staff when they arrive at KL Sentral. 

The self-guided transit tour counter in KLIA is manned by Express Rail Link (ERL) and is opened from 7.00am – 6.00pm daily; while the guided transit tour counter is manned by Menara KL. 

At the launch of DKL, Dato’ Azmi Murad, Senior General Manager Operations,

Malaysia Airports Holding Berhad called on the airport community to help spread the word around to passengers on the availability of DKL transit tours. 

Datuk Mirza Mohammad Taiyab, Tourism Malaysia Director General said at the launch that DKL is timely as it is launched during VMY2007 and the celebration of Malaysia’s 50th anniversary. “With DKL we now have an opportunity to convert transiting passengers into visiting passengers, and hopefully transform them into returning visitors.” He said. Earlier, Datuk Mirza performed the merenjis/tepung tawar ceremony at the Transit Tour counter in the Satellite Building.

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