Malaysia

Welcome to the Travel Online Asia site featuring Malaysia. In this site you will find information about travel to Malaysia, attractions in Malaysia and plenty of Malaysia accommodation options. We represent accommodation in the following Malaysian cities: Bangi, Batu Feringgi, Cameron Highlands, Cherating, George Town, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Melaka, Petaling Jaya, Port Dickson and Sepang. Read on for more information about Malaysia...

Malaysia is a federation of thirteen states in Southeast Asia. The country consists of two geographical regions divided by the South China Sea:

Peninsular Malaysia (or West Malaysia) on the Malay Peninsula shares a land border on the north with Thailand and is connected to the south with Singapore. It consists of nine sultanates (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Terengganu), two states headed by governors (Malacca and Penang), and two federal territories (Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur).

Malaysian Borneo (or East Malaysia) occupies the northern part of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and surrounding the Sultanate of Brunei. It consists of the states of Sabah and Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan.

The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak formed a 14-state federation. Singapore was expelled from the federation in 1965 and subsequently became an independent country.

Malaysia is a federal constitutional elective monarchy. The federal head of state of Malaysia is the King of Malaysia. The King is elected to a five-year term among the nine hereditary Sultans of the Malay states; the other four states, which have titular Governors, do not participate in the selection.

Malaysia is well-endowed with natural resources in areas such as agriculture, forestry as well as minerals. In terms of agriculture, Malaysia is the world's primary exporter of natural rubber and palm oil, which together with saw logs and sawn timber, cocoa, pepper, pineapple and tobacco dominate the growth of the sector. Palm oil is also a major foreign exchange earner.

Malaysia's population comprises many ethnic groups, with the politically dominant Malays making up the majority, over half of the population. By constitutional definition, all Malays are Muslim.