PUTRAJAYA, Dec 23 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia will be organising a photography and short video competition on social media with the sub-theme
#MyCuisine from
1 January 2017 to 28 February 2017.
To enter, participants need to submit a creative photo or short video related to the uniqueness and diversity of the food and beverage of Malaysia’s multicultural society via Instagram or Facebook.
For the short video competition, participants need to upload a 30- to 60-second short video on Instagram and facebook with the hashtags
#SayangMalaysia and
#MyCuisine. The competition offers various attractive prizes for the top three winners and five consolation prizes, which include domestic flight tickets, accommodation at popular domestic destinations, theme park tickets, shopping vouchers, and many more.
The competition is organised in conjunction with
#SayangMalaysia Campaign by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia in line with its effort to make Malaysia a premier tourist destination and to encourage both domestic and international tourists to use social media to share all their beautiful and unique holiday experiences in Malaysia.
During the
#Sayang Malaysia Campaign, the public will get the chance to participate in six photography and short video competitions throughout 2017 under six sub-themes, which are as follows:
i. #MyCuisine - January to February
ii. #MyDestination - March to April
iii. #MyCulture - May to June
iv. #MySports - July to August
v. #MyEvent - September to October
vi. #MyFamilyFun - November to December
For further details on the competition, please visit the official portal of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia at
www.motac.gov.my/sayangmalaysia #SayangMalaysia Campaign is an initiative under Malaysia’s National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS) between Government Departments/Agencies and the private sector, including the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia, National Service Training Department, iM4U, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), and tourism industry players.