LANGKAWI: A total of 132 events have been listed in the Langkawi Events Calendar 2025 to enhance the island's tourism sector in conjunction with Visit Kedah Year 2025 (VK2025).
Langkawi Development Authority (Lada) chief executive officer Datuk Haslina Abdul Hamid said the events involve collaborations with government agencies, private entities, and non-governmental organisations.
She said six main clusters will be the focus this year, highlighting the arts, culture, sports, promotions, community, and geoparks that are unique to Langkawi's identity.
"The Asean Summit 2025, including the Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat from Jan 18 to 19, is a key event to kickstart Langkawi's tourism calendar this year.
"This will be followed by the Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR) 2025, running from Jan 20 to 25," she said during yesterday's Langkawi Events Calendar 2025 launch and New Year's Eve celebration.
She said that out of the 132 planned events, 36 are dedicated to sports and culture, 17 to international promotions, ten to domestic promotions, and 26 to community programmes.
"In addition, there are 24 investment mission programmes and 19 geopark events, all aimed at achieving the target of 3.5 million tourist arrivals by year-end," she said.
Meanwhile, Langkawi district officer Mohamad Subhi Abdullah expressed confidence that the VK2025 campaign would successfully attract 3.5 million domestic and international visitors to the island.
"Our target is to welcome 3.5 million tourists to Langkawi this year, contributing to the state government's goal of seven million visitors to Kedah during VK2025," he said.