The 4th edition of the 3-day Malaysia International Dive Expo 2009 (MIDE) held at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur from 3rd -5th July, 2009 saw bustling crowd swarming the more than 150 booths on display the whole spectrum of diving gears, diving equipment, wet suits and clothing accessories, dive resorts packages, diving courses, tourism boards, environmental NGOs and wide range of marine-related international brands and products.
The response to the seminars held on water photography, videography and related topics; children's underwater colouring contest and demo activities of outdoor water sports equipments attracted a good mixed crowd. It was a great show indeed for divers (enthusiast, novice as well as professionals) and water-sports enthusiasts!
The Malaysia International Dive Expo was organized to promote Malaysia as world-standard for diving destination, water sports, and outdoor travel adventure within regionally and internationally.
The bustling crowd of divers and water-sports enthusiasts swarming the booths offering great bargains on dive destinations and marine-related international brands and products.
The enthusiastic crowd looking for great bargains.
A sales personnel at the My Gopeng Resort booth explaining the resort's eco-adventure package and promotion to visitors. The challenging water rafting adventure at Sungai Kampar is highly recommended by the resort located at Kampung Geruntom, 7 km from Gopeng town, Perak in Malaysia. Did you know that the world’s biggest flower, the Rafflesia can be found growing in the resort's jungle!
Lets go scuba diving in Sabah, Borneo in Borneo Dream! Malaysia is home to some of the best scuba diving in the World. The coral reefs around Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia are recognised as some of the most important marine sites in the World - a scuba divers dream!
At the Turtle Bay Divers booth, the Perhentian Island in the east coast of Malaysia is a hot favourite for divers. The island has many fringing reefs and is a heaven for scuba diving and snorkelling.
The sales staff of The Reef Dive Resort booth promoting Mataking island - the latest jewel of diving destination in the Celebes Sea, located just 40 minutes boat ride from Semporna, East Coast of Sabah in Malaysia.
The Bali Government Tourism Office booth promoting the numerous dive sites in the east, north and west coasts of Bali Island including Sanur and around the islands Penida, Lembongan and Ceningan.
Visitors shopping for snorkelling masks at the busy Scubatex Resources booth. The Subang Jaya-based company is a pro diving equipment and snorkelling gears supplier in Malaysia.
Customers looking for housings at the Scuba Network booth - a Hong Kong-based company specialised in underwater housings for digital still cameras, video, flash, video lights and their accessories.
This Hongkie (people from Hong Kong) from Scuba Network shows off the new underwater housing for Nikon D90 priced at US1,980.00
The inflatable kayaks on display by Active Sports - an online Singapore-based dealer for Blokart in Singapore and the distributor for Advanced Elements Inflatable Kayaks in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The kayak is priced between RM2,188 - RM 2,388 depending on models.
Active Sports general manager Eddy Teo posing beside a stainless steel blokart. Weighing only 29kg the blokart packs down small enough to fit in the boot of most cars. Fun to use along the beach.
The para motoring gears on sale at the Air Adventure booth. Air Adventure is a Kuala Lumpur-based company which also provide paramotor training.
These two pretty lass divers said they were here to check out the booths for some great bargain deals on exotic dive destinations.
Spotted 8TV Quickie co-host Belinda Chee and her business partner at the expo.
Visitors who register at the Tioman Mega Dive (TMD) booth pay a discounted registration fee of only RM20.00 (normal price RM50.00) and get a free exclusive TMD 2009 cap. The 3-day Tioman Mega Dive 2009 is an annual International Scuba Diving gathering of scuba divers with various diving related activities to be held on 31 July - 2 August 2009 at Tioman Island, Malaysia.
Pretty smiling ladies at the Tioman Mega Dive booth. From left: Fina, Intan and Dian.
The pretty ladies posing with Tex, a tech frog mascot from booth exhibitor Diving Solutions (Asia), a Singapore-based diving equipment supply company. The person inside the frog costume is Serena Dong.
The beauty and the frog (Tex) from booth exhibitor Diving Solutions (Asia).
Excited children having fun with frog mascot Tex.
The Tourism Malaysia booth providing useful and interesting information of popular dive destinations in the country. According to Tourism Malaysia Tourist, tourist arrivals recorded from January to May 2009 were 9,238,116, representing an increase of 2.6% compared to 9,001,765 for the same period in 2008.
The Sarawak Tourism Board is promoting the affordable, unique and informative aspects of eco-tourism. At the booth, these men invite you to Kuching, Sarawak in Malaysia for the 12th edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival 2009 to be held from July 8 - 12, 2009.
Malaysia's most popular rock and roll band Wings on stage endorsing the wet suits and clothing accesories from booth exhibitor Ed Scuba - a dive shop based in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and specialised in quality used diving gears. Wings members Black (2nd from left), Eddie (3rd from left) and Awie (4th from left).
Rock and roll band Wings members, standing behind (from left) Eddie, Black and Awie posing with teenage models from booth exhibitor Ed Scuba.
Rock and roll band Wings members Awie (1st from left), Eddie (2nd from right) and Black (first from right) with booth exibitors.
8TV Quickie co-host Belinda Chee (3rd from right) joined in group posing with roll and roll band Wings member Black (first from left).
Children taking part in the underwater colouring contest.
An officer disseminating information about the role of the National Hydrographic Centre (NHC) to visitors.
The officers from the National Hydrographic Centre (NHC) based in Pulau Indah, Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Visitors get to learn about the marine conservation efforts in the Coral Triangle by World Wide Fund for Nature WWF-Malaysia. Many also signed up to support the WWF-Malaysia “Egg = Life” Campaign for better protection of marine turtles.
The entrance to the 4th Malaysia International Dive Expo 2009 held at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur.
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