KUALA LUMPUR
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Area: 243 km²
Population: 1.808 million (2017)
Airport 1: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Airport 2: Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2(KLIA2)
Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Malay: Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur) and colloquially referred to as KL, is a federal territory and the capital city of Malaysia.
It is the largest city in Malaysia, covering an area of 243 km² (94 sq mi) with an estimated population of 1.80 million as of 2017. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.564 million people as of 2018. It is among the fastest growing metropolitan regions in Southeast Asia, both in population and economic development.
Tourism plays an important role in the city’s service-driven economy. Many large worldwide hotel chains have a presence in the city. One of the oldest hotels is the Hotel Majestic. Kuala Lumpur is the sixth most visited city in the world, with 8.9 million tourists per year. Tourism here is driven by the city’s cultural diversity, relatively low costs, and wide gastronomic and shopping variety.
MICE tourism, which mainly encompasses conventions— has expanded in recent years to become a vital component of the industry, and is expected to grow further once the Malaysian government’s Economic Transformation Programme kicks in, and with the completion of a new 93,000 square meter-size MATRADE Centre in 2014. The MATRADE agency is also the owner of the Malaysia International Trade And Exhibition Centre (MITEC), the largest trade and exhibition centre of Malaysia, which is a component of the larger KL Metropolis development situated in the suburb of Segambut. Another notable trend is the increased presence of budget hotels in the city.
KUALA LUMPUR
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EMERGENCY
999
POLICE
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HOSPITAL
999
US EMBASSY
03-9212 6000
UK EMBASSY
03-2170 2200
Batu Caves Temple
KUALA LUMPUR
Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Malay word batu, meaning ‘rock’. The hill was originally known as Kapal Tanggang from the legend of Si Tanggang. The town nearby is named after the Batu Caves limestone formation.
Lord Murugan Statue, is the tallest statue of a Hindu deity in Malaysia and fourth tallest statue of a Hindu deity in the world, after Garuda Wisnu Kencana Statue in Indonesia, Lord Murugan Statue at Salem in India and Kailashnath Mahadev Statue in Nepal.
The statue was built by Tamil Malaysians. It took three years to construct, and was unveiled in January 2006 during Thaipusam festival. The managing authority of the temple rests with the Tamil descendants.
Every year, thousands of devotees from Tamil Nadu & Sri Lanka visit this temple to pay their tributes to the deity at the auspicious day of Thaipusam according to the Tamil Calendar. It is located at the Sri Murugan Perumal Kovil at the foot of Batu Caves.
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CONTACT
+603 6189 6284
OPERATION
6.30am-8.30pm
Airport
53-55 minutes- (KLIA)
QUICK TIPS
Taking a direct KTM Komuter train to Batu Caves is the most convenient way to reach Batu Caves from KL Sentral. You can purchase a KTM Komuter train ticket from KL Sentral KTM Station to Batu Caves KTM Station. The total journey is about 35-40 minutes.
Address:
Gombak, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor
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Sunway Lagoon Theme Park
KUALA LUMPUR
The Sunway Lagoon is an amusement park in Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia owned by Sunway Group.
The park began operations in 1992 and was officiated by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Mahathir bin Mohamad, on 29 April 1993.
Since its opening, the theme park has added Malaysia’s first surf simulator, the FlowRider in 2010; Malaysia’s first 5D Waterplexx in 2012 and a very large water ride, Vuvuzela, in 2013
The building sits on an area of 1.034 hectares, with the floor of the building occupying an area of 4,208.5 square metres (45,300 sq ft). The construction used 4 million bricks, 2,500 barrels of cement, 18,000 pikuls of lime, 5,000 lbs of copper, 50 tons of steel and iron, and about 30,000 cubic feet of timber.
Spooner had previously established in the Brickfields area a factory for the production of large number of higher quality bricks, tiles and other building material suitable for the construction of the building. The cost of construction was 152,000 dollars.
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DINING
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Airport
35 minutes- (KLIA)
QUICK TIPS
Via KTM Komuter Train
Take the train to the Subang Jaya Station then catch a feeder bus to the Sunway Pyramid stop.
Via Putra LRT
Take the train to the Kelana Jaya Station then catch a feeder bus to the Sunway Pyramid stop.
Sunway provides a free shuttle bus service around Sunway City every 25 minutes
Address:
3, Jalan PJS 11/11, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Operation hours:
Daily: 10am-6om / Tuesday: Closed
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