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Genting Highlands resort is located at just 54km north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Genting Highlands offers an exciting range of activities that are fun, fast-paced, and entertaining. Termed as the ‘City of Entertainment’, the resort is popular with day trippers and visitors seeking to indulge their senses in a realm of fantasy around the clock.  In addition,  Genting Highlands resort also includes the Genting Theme Park and Casino De Genting  Awana Golf Course, Awana Horse Ranch and the Awana Eco Park, all of which offer a variety of pursuits for the visitor. Together with integrated world-standard entertainment facilities encompassing various leisure, indoor and outdoor theme parks and gaming facilities, Genting Highlands Resort has become the “City of Entertainment” and Malaysia’s Premier Resort.

Genting Highlands was founded in 1965 by business tycoon, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, who initially acquired the land for the development of the hotel and resort activities. Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong foresaw a prosperous Malaysia of the future desiring a cool mountain holiday resort within the reach of all Malaysians. He is the one of Malaysia’s most interesting entrepreneurs.

Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong’s development of Genting Highlands into a world-class resort has been well-publicised & offers readers a first-time insight into his life. Starting with nothing, turning challenges into opportunities, taking risks, and emerging perseverent, Lim Goh Tong transformed the Genting Highlands into the impressive resort conglomerate it is today. Typically modest, Tan Sri Lim gives an account that is refreshingly original, wryly humorous and moving in its poignancy.He really makes the difference and turn on the new place of interest in the eye of world!

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Tan Sri Lim successfully obtained approval for the alienation of 12,000 acres and 2,800 acres of land from the Pahang and Selangor State Government respectively between the years 1965 and 1970. In addition, a technical and construction team began the herculean task on 18 August 1965, that would take four years to complete the access road from Genting Sempah to the peak of Gunung Ulu Kali. That’s incredible, the road accessing just used 4 years time, this is the bussiness tycoon Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong “style”.

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Since the opening of the first hotel (named as Highlands Hotel now renamed Theme Park Hotel) in 1971, Genting Highlands Resort continued to grow from strength to strength.
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Genting Highlands Resort also boosted its facility attraction with Skyway cable car system that provides a 3.38 km transport to the hilltop in 1997. Genting Skyway is also recognised as the “World’s Fastest Mono Cable Car System” with a maximum speed of 21.6 km per hour and the “Longest Cable Car in Malaysia and Southeast Asia”. Up to date, Genting Highlands integrated world-standard entertainment facilities encompassing various leisure, indoor and outdoor theme parks and gaming facilities, Genting Highlands Resort has become the “City of Entertainment” and Malaysia’s Premier Resort.

The Genting Highlands theme park is made up of indoor and also the outdoor themepark!” Skill games, computerized as well as coin-operated ” Space Odyssey 2020-not for the faint-hearted, this unnerving ride takes one on a voyage of discovery in space. There are health, height, age and other boarding restrictions. ” Motion Master Simulator enables you to experience action in films such as Smash Factory without leaving you seat. ” Fun House, Malaysia’s first 3-D dome theatre ” Around the World Train Ride. Visitors get to see major landmarks of the world as well as animated figurines dressed in their national costumes..It is very suitable for those who are like to stay indoor and enjoy their days,and if it is raining!Besides, the outdoor themepark offers the range of exciting rides which is included the cockscrew roller coaster, cyclone roller coaster,the flying dragon,magic carpet and the most excited is the Grand Prix,Racer’s delight!

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Casino De Genting is theMalaysia’s very own gaming paradise is one of the leading and more famous casinos which is boasts of the latest modern gaming facilities. A staggering choice of slot machines and table games beckon the strong hearted. Those who prefer a little exclusivity can become members of the International Room and enjoy the privilege of gaming in privacy and plush surroundings. Special guests of the casino are treated to the special VIP room.

Besides, Genting Highlands offers more than 40 restaurants for visitors from the diffence countries.You can have the various choices of the Arabian food, Western food,Italian food or if you wish to have the Chinese Bah Kut Tehor the spicy Penang delights…You can enjoy the fresh served food for your breakfast,lunch,hightea,dinner or supple throughout the whole day!

Genting Highlands Resorts  is the main city of entertainment that always welcome everyone in anytime for its exciting recreational facilities that suits the whole family!

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