Malaysia - The heart of South East Asia, with some iconic buildings in Kuala Lumpur one would find it fascinated to visit all these places being a tourist. The Petronas Twin towers , The KL Tower, etc.....
My friend came from Thailand for his first time and obviously I became the local tour guide and ambassador of Kuala Lumpur to him.
1st stop - KL Tower, 400 + meter high - 4th tallest building in the world. One would open your jaw in awe standing dwarfed under the tower as you walk into the entrance. I look sooooo tiny......
Anyways bringing my friend up to the entrace and buying the tickets..... I think you would FAINT just to know how much it cost to take a lift to the observation deck and have a view of our hazy KL skyline.
A whopping RM38.00 , I asked the cashier if there is any Local prices ? She bluntly reply NO!....
Normal circumstances , if I was a family of 5 on a Sunday bringing the family to visit local tourist attraction I would made a very HUGE dent in my wallet.
RM38 x 5 pax = RM190.00
For the average household it could have been a week groceries. Hmmmmm opportunity cost which shall I choose... innie , minnie, miney , moe..... I choose (drum rolls) a bit hard to decide here... hmmmmmm
OBVIOUSLY I would choose not to go !!............
Tourism Malaysia encourages us to go local tours...... How are they going to achieve this when there is no Local Malaysia prices for local Malaysians!!!
Gee I wonder why Air Asia has been doing so well promoting to us Malaysians to travel Asean countries.
I sincerely hope all the Tourism Authority in Malaysia can get their act together and say what they mean..... and not come up with an excuse that it is affordable comparing to other countries.
