Emerging Market Essay
(Malaysia)
Economic History (Pre-Independence)
Malaysia is situated along the Straits Of Malacca, connecting the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean so trading in this area has been around for centuries. Spices were the main goods traded in the 15th century and as the Malacca Sultanate grew from strength to strength, it eventually gained a monopoly on all trade passing through the straits1. The Straits Of Malacca is still one of the most vital shipping lanes in the world.
Later centuries would see the Portuguese, Dutch and British dominating trade in Malaysia. The British invested and developed the tin mining industry for exports in Peninsular Malaysia during the 19th century, by 1883
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3. Tourism
In order to diversify the economy and make Malaysia’s economy less dependent on exports, the Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia (TDC) was established on 10 August 1972 as an agency under the former Ministry of Trade and Industry by an Act of Parliament. With the inception of the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism on 20 May 1987, TDC was moved to this new ministry; and became the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB) through the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board Act 1992, it aims to encourage tourism and its related industries in Malaysia. It is hoped that this would help promote new investments in the country, as well as provide increased employment opportunities. The growth of tourism would also contribute positively to the country's economic development and quality of life12. MTPB’s Mission Statement is "Marketing Malaysia as a destination of excellence and to make the tourism industry a major contributor to the socio-economic development of the nation."
The 1997 Asian Financial Crises And Its Impact On Malaysia
The Asian financial crisis started in Thailand with the collapse of the Thai baht in July 1997 and quickly spread to the rest of the region. Just before the Thai baht collapsed in July 1997, it had been the target of
There are many Filipinos that had live in Malaysia and work in Malaysia. The number of tourist that comes to Philippines from Malaysia also high and the tourist that comes to Malaysia from Philippines also high. Malaysia and Philippines also make trade with each other. In 2015, the trade between Malaysia and Philippines had reached over $4.5 billion. The export to Malaysia had reached over $1.2 billion while the import had reached over $3.4 billion. It shows that Malaysia and Philippines had a good relation with each other and had depended on each
Once in life time every individual would like to travel across the different places among the different countries which will change once minds and mood. To travel and explore the places one need interest as well as the money for it and the people with low income choose the optimized way to travel to different places. Considering the Malaysia as the place that need to be explored then one should think of all the constraints of how to travel, and what are the minimum amount that one need to spend for traveling, and the places that mainly need to be visited being an outsider as Malaysia is one of the beautiful place with wonderful creature.
It was on September 21, 1972 when President Ferdinand E. Marcos placed the Philippines under Martial Law. The President claimed that ‘lawless elements’ supported by a foreign power were plotting to overthrow the lawfully elected government and that martial law was necessary to save the Republic and reform the society (Lim). On the other hand, tourism is defined as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure business and other purposes (Cruz 1). The term travel and tourism industry has come to mean all the private, public and voluntary sector organizations that provide services for the traveling public and work together to promote the socio-economic benefits of the industry worldwide (Cruz 9). In this industry, companies and government conduct businesses since it became an emerging industry in 1970s. Tourism industry is a rising trade during Marcos time since there is an increase in the number of tourist arrivals starting from 1970 up to 1980. From 242, 811 in 1973, it increased to 1,008,158 in 1980. However, it can also be observed that there was a negative growth rate from 1981 until 1986. The rise of travel and tourism in the Philippines during Martial law were caused by several actions of government. Department of Tourism was built in 1973 and it was in-charge in the marketing and promotions of the country’s destinations to international market. The improvement of
The availability of budget, experts, employee’s facilities from the ministry of tourism guarantee operational feasibility for this project. According to (Factors affecting marketing in travel and tourism). “In many cases government-run tourism boards are the sole source of funding for a travel and tourism marketing campaign”. Moreover, the government support for the
Before Western European influences had power over Southeast Asia, what is known as Indonesia used to be an archipelago which consisted of islands and estates ruled by different kingdoms and empires. Occasionally living in peaceful coexistence yet at times being at state of war with each other due to the lack of the sense of social and political unity that Indonesia has in todays society. Integrated trade networks, began developing starting from the early evidence of Asian history. Being connected to trade networks was an important asset for an empire to acquire wealth and commodities, necessary to become a powerful force. The more global these trade networks in the archipelago became, the more foreign influences managed to enter, this development eventually lead to the colonial state. A significant matter related to the history of Indonesia is that it generally centres on the western part of the archipelago (in particular, the islands of Sumatra and Java). As most of the eastern part of the archipelago has been on the fringes of economic activity throughout history (located further away from main trade routes), it consequently has been on the fringes of politics as well; a situation that continues up to the present day.
It is said that settlers came to the Malaysian peninsula in large numbers over a series of a few years. Immediately, the aborigines that once settled on this land were pushed out. The history of the Malaysia we know today began with Malacca Sultanate in about AD 1400. This empire, based mostly on trading, played an important role in the spread of Islam throughout Malaysia. The religion of Islam was widely and readily accepted.
Another reason behind the 1997 Asian financial crisis was the large current account deficits. Asian leaders agreed that large current account deficits could not be good, but they made the logical economic argument that if a current account deficit mostly reflects higher investment, it would eventually increase an economy’s competitiveness and therefore its ability to repay the debt, and would certainly be more sustainable than a deficit driven by
It is because tourism industry is the main invisible trade in Malaysia and this industry generate almost 12% to GDP every year. Therefore, the government also allocated RM 358 million under development expenditure in order to attract more tourists visit to Malaysia and generate more income in GDP.
In 1997, Asia financial crisis broke out. It brought a huge and negative influence on economy of Asia, even the world economy. Financial crisis which is the value of financial assets decline, lots of financial institution out of business or stock market crash. Currency plays an important role in the market. It is a base that keep economic stability in the country. When currency change significantly, the country’s economy in turmoil. The financial crisis started from Thailand, and then Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries, domestic currency depreciate and stock market downfall. Neal Maroney wrote that “six Asian countries (Indonesia, South Korean, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand) from October
On 30th of June for the same year, the Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said that he would not devalue the baht. This was the main reason that ignited the Asian financial crisis as the Thai government failed to defend its currency, which was pegged to the basket of currencies in which the U.S. dollar was the main component, against international speculators.
According to Australia’s trade with East Asia (2010), the information stated that the major exports to Malaysia is crude petroleum, copper coal and aluminum. Crude petroleum has the highest exports, which is A$495 million. Copper exports A$467 million, while coal exports A$260, lastly aluminium exports A$226 million. Australia’s trade with East Asia (2010) stated that the major imports from Malaysia is crude petroleum, monitors, projectors and TV’s, computers and telecom equipment and parts. Crude petroleum has the highest imports, which is A$3,7,31 million. Monitors, projectors and TV’s import are A$893 million while computers import is A$839. Lastly telecom equipment and parts import is A$271 million. The cost of imports and exports stated in Australia’s trade with East Asia (2010), includes A$379 million of confidential items such as sugar and also tax or tariff
Admittedly, the active speculators capital operation is the catalyze of the crisis: before the crisis, those 3 Asian countries are quite similar: All of them just endure a great economic progress for the recession of Japan at the early 1990s. The rate of export was gradually carrying a higher weight; the real GDP had more than 8 percentage annual growth constantly. (DeRosa 85) Also, they had a quick credit expansion for wooing the international capital for investment. As for the section of currency exchange, Thailand and Indonesia held the peg to the U.S dollar. Malaysia is little bit different: it did hold float exchange rate but that is essentially a sort of “dirty float” which means the government will affect the direction of exchange rate frequently to keep the exchange rate in a certain range.
The Asian currency crisis was a period of financial crisis started in Thailand in July 1997. Many Asian countries experienced a financial crisis are a large drop in the value of its currency and a large drop in its traded equity prices. Before the crisis happened, many Asian countries produced a dramatic reduction in poverty and rapid economic growth. Behind the boom, there are lots of imbalances: large current account deficit was financed increasingly by short-term inflow; the real exchange rate had appreciated to an unsustainable level; and export growth had slowed obviously. Based on a literature review, a great
Malaysia is one of the fastest growing and most open economies of our decade (World Bank 2017). Its geographical location plays a large role in this. Malaysia neighbors Singapore, Thailand, and borders the Gulf of Thailand and the Malacca Straight. The east and west sides of the country are completely exposed to bodies of water and near the global trade route which enhances the country’s accessibility and facilitates development and foreign trade. Malaysia’s GDP is 296.4 billion USD (2016 WB) and is expected, by the OECD to grow at 4.2% in 2017.
Euromonitor International from trade interviews and official sources (including Tourism Malaysia Profile of Tourist 2004), cited in Travel and Tourism in Malaysia, 2006, pp.25