Exciting Attractions at MATTA Fair September 2008

The Dreamz hot dancers from Genting Highlands.


The magician held his audience spellbound.


Gymnastic team members performed remarkable stunts.


Special appearances by Bugs Bunny and Tweety Bird characters from Australia.


Even Batman is here.


Decorative umbrellas from Thailand for sale at RM5.00 each.


Clowns on stilts distributed balloons to the children.


Free shoulder and neck massage provided at the Thai booth.


A cooking demonstration of Korean food.


Bargain hunters throng the many booths for some extremely good deals.


MATTA Fair is cheap but be careful. Some may cut corners to give cheap deals.

The Booth Girls at MATTA Fair


Pretty girls from the Egyptian booth. The girl on the right is a UITM student. They are paid RM300 to attend to visitors for the three-day duration.


From Japan Travel Bureau booth..... this girl who looks like a Malay, speaks like a Malay but she is not a Malay! She is a Japanese who had stayed here in Malaysia for three years.


Cleopatra, the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt is at the EgyptAir booth.


Let me guess.....the girl on the right is dressed in Taiwan traditional costume.


Smiling young faces dressed up in Santarina Christmas costume.


Girls in Korean and Japanese traditional costumes.


Funtime is what these two girls look forward to.

Air Asia staff help out in distributing flyers.


I had thought that with the spiralling cost of food and petrol, a slowing economy and with inflation the last quarter shot up to 8.6% which is the highest in 26 years, there would be smaller number of visitors at the three-day MATTA Fair held on September 5-7, 2008 at PWTC, KL.

But no, I was wrong!

It seems like people are willing to cut down on daily food and expenses in order to save enough for a trip to relax and escape the work tension and stress. Nothing beats after slaving yourself at work, right?

OK so tens of thousands of visitors swarmed the five halls at the venue to hear about the best travel bargains and discounts on tour packages, air tickets and other travel-related products

Tourism Minister Azalina Othman Said had opened the event on the first day with participation by over 200 exhibitors occupying 880 booths.

I popped by the Matta Fair today Sunday, September 7, 2008 to check out the various fun and exciting activities and interesting international performances. I enjoyed and had a great funtime! I like particularly Hall 1 where the booths are for International Travel Packages and the stage is for international performances.

So any plan where to go this year? Local or Overseas travel? I just can affort to go Genting only... Everyone needs a well-deserved holiday, and that's it :)