LANGKAWI: The Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2017 (LIMA’17) has far exceeded its visitor target having achieved 206,971 visitors as at 2pm on the final day of the exhibition, yesterday.
LIMA’17 organiser, EN Projects general manager Norliza Abd Manap, said the total number included 40,280 trade visitors and 166,691 public visitors.
“This has exceeded our 180,000 visitor target and the total is relatively high compared to LIMA’15 which recorded 179,161 visitors,” she told reporters here yesterday.
Meanwhile since the opening on Tuesday, over 54,000 people have visited the maritime segment being held at Resort World Langkawi.
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) in a statement said visitors to the maritime exhibition were taken in a special boat to have a closer look at the RMN and foreign navy vessels anchored around the resort.
A total of 55 vessels, comprising 16 naval warships from abroad and 39 vessels from RMN and local agencies were on display at LIMA’17.
“Themed ‘Today for Tomorrow’, the exhibition was aimed at giving the public the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the RMN and to understand its overall operations better.” — Bernama