BrandLaureate BestBrands Awards 2017-2018 in the Nation Branding category

Award By: The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation (APBF)

Award “Best Other Country Tourism Office”

Award By: Madura Travels Supported by Ministry of Tourism, Government of India

Award Recognition for Agencies – Implementation Digital Document Management System (DDMS)

Award By: Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU)

MS ISO 9001: 2015 Certification Award to Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia

Award By: SIRIM QAS INTERNATIONAL SDN. BHD.

National PUSPANITA Award – First Place on PUSPANITA Website Category 2017, Ministry Level

Award By: Persatuan Suri dan Anggota Wanita Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia (PUSPANITA)

The Royal Town of Muar – The Cleanest City in ASEAN

Award By: ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard Award

National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia has been appointed to host The “8th World Summit International Federation of Art Council for Arts and Culture”. (Sidang Kemuncak Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Dunia Yang Ke-8)

Award By: International Federation of Art Council for Arts and Culture (IFFACA)

3,181,012 visitors were recorded from 20 museums under the administration of the Department of Museums Malaysia was the recorded as mil.

Award By: Department of Museums Malaysia

Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia is listed in The Malaysia Book of Records for organising the “Most Number of Participants In A ‘Kuih Kapit’ Making Event – Total of 1190 participants”

Award By: Malaysia Book of Records

The Perak Museum has been recognized as one of the 5 best places and meets the characteristics of the Marchhinoeki program implemented by Japan.

Award By: Taiping Municipal Council

Wooi Wei Kane (Faculty of Music) has been selected as one of the recipients of the “YAMAHA Music Scholarship ASIA (YMSA) 2017

Award By: YAMAHA Music

ASWARA Dance Faculty students, Nur Syafiqah Najwa Jefri and Ahmad Zaidyansjah Ruddyanjah successfully won 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and received the Champion of the World (Senior) award.

Award By: World Championships of Performing Arts 2017 (WCOPA) 2017 United States

Fahezul Azri bin Suhaimi and Douglas Philip Labadin (Faculty of Dance) won the ‘Best Glitz & Glamour Award’, ‘Director’s Award’, ‘Mercedes-Benz Malaysian Creative Excellence Award’ and ‘Best Supporting Dancer’.

Award By: Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)

Muhammad Syafiq Bin Ahmad Nordin (Faculty of Theatre) won the Group Runner-up for the “Benih Keramat” theatre

Award By: Universiti Malaya (Kaviter)

2nd Prize for Design Competition – Modern Category

Award By: MyCreative Ventures Sdn. Bhd

2nd Prize for Design Competition – Traditional Ceramic

Award By: MyCreative Ventures Sdn. Bhd

First Place Winner – National Archives of Malaysia 60th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Design Competition

Award By: Bank Negara Malaysia

Recognition of Panji Tales Manuscripts as UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MoW) International Register

Award By: UNESCO

Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) Accreditation Recognition to the National Craft Institute

Award By: Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA)

‘Night at the Museum’ Programme was awarded as the “Most Number of Participants Overnight Simultaneously for an Educational Programme at the Museum” by The Malaysia Book of Records (1959 participants, 32 museums)

Award By: Malaysia Book of Records

Global Good Governance (3G) Award, Children Welfare Award – PERMATA SENI TARI

Award By: Cambridge If Analytica, Istanbul, Turki

Best Convention & Exhibition Bureau

Award By: TTG Travel Awards

CrescentRating and MasterCard released the Ramadan Travel Report in 2016 which named Malaysia as the best holiday destination during the fasting month and forecasted Malaysia to remain at the top until 2026

Award By: Crescentrating and Master Card

Kuala Lumpur – 2nd World’s Best Top Shopping Cities

Award By: Muslim Travel Shopping Index (MTSI) 2015

Kuala Lumpur – World’s 5th Top Shopping Destination 2016

Award By: Expedia UK

In the State of the Global Islamic Economy report by Thomson Reuters and Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), Malaysia topped the report’s Halal travel index as the country with the most developed Islamic economy ecosystem for Muslim travellers for year 2014, 2015 and 2017

Award By: Thomson Reuters

Kuala Lumpur; Ranked as 10th City in terms of international tourist arrivals by Top 100 City Destinations Ranking 2017 Edition

Award By: Euromonitor International

Lawrence D. Eicher Award 2017 (ISO/TC-228 Tourism and Related Services) by International Organization for Standardization

Award By: Appreciation by the Department of Standards Malaysia

Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Cities For Best In Travel

Award By: Lonely Planet

Malaysia – No.1 Four Countries With The Best Healthcare In The World 2017

Award By: Internationalliving.com

Malaysia – No.6 among World 10 Best Places To Retire 2017

Award By: Internationalliving.com

Malaysia – One of the 17 Must Visit Destination In 2017

Award By: CNN Travel

Malaysia ranked 1st amongst Four (4) Countries with the Best Health Care in the World in 2017

Award By: CNBC LLC

Malaysia ranked 1st as the Top Choice For Long Stay Amongst Japanese Aged 40 Years and Above since 2006

Award By: The Long Stay Foundation

Malaysia ranked 4th in Best Countries to Invest In 2017

Award By: U.S. News & World Report L.P.

No.1 World’s Top Muslim – Friendly Destination

Award By: Mastercard-Cresent Rating Global Muslim Travel Index

From 2015 until 2017, MasterCard and CrescentRating named Malaysia as the number one destination for Muslim travellers in the Global Muslim Travellers Index (GMTI)

Award By: CrescentRating and MasterCard

TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for the top 10 best landmarks in Malaysia featured four mosques, which is the Putra Mosque (Ranked no. 5), National Mosque (Ranked no. 6) and Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque (Ranked no. 8)

Award By: TripAdvisor

International travel portal, TripAdvisor has awarded the Malaysian Islamic Arts Museum the Traveler’s Choice Awards as the best museum in Malaysia and 8th in Asia.

Award By: TripAdvisor

World’s Travel Award Asia & Australasia 2016

Award By: World Travel Awards.com

11th Most Visited Country in the World 2014

Award By: UNWTO

4th World’s Top Retirement Haven

Award By: InternationalLiving.com

Malaysia – Asia’s Best Golf Destination

Award By: Creative and Inovatif In Culture Anf Tourism Sector

Medical Travel Destination of the Year

Award By: International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) Medical Travel Awards 2015