Genting Highlands

Genting Highlands, remote view

Genting Highlands ( Malay Tanah Tinggi Genting ) is an approximately 1760 m high hilltop in the Titiwangsa Mountains on the border of the states of Selangor and Pahang in Malaysia. On the hilltop is the Genting Highlands Resort, which is usually meant when Genting Highlands is mentioned.

The resort consists of six hotels with a total of 10,000 rooms, rooms for large events and conferences, a casino, amusement park with over 50 rides, 170 restaurants, bars and shops and other entertainment venues. The hotels are the Maxims, Genting Highlands Hotel, Theme Park Hotel, Resort Hotel and First World Hotel, which was with 6,118 rooms in 2006, the largest hotel in the world and today (February 2012) is the third largest. The Awana, the hillside hilltop Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort is also part of the resort.

The facility is located about 50 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur and can from there by car in about an hour via the E 8 - Karak Expressway be achieved - Kuala Lumpur. It will also by a cable car, Genting Skyway opened.

In the high altitude, has a pleasant climate with temperatures rarely exceed 25 ° C or fall below 14 ° C.

Genting Highlands Resort is operated by Resorts World Genting, the Awana Genting Highlands Hotel of the Awana Hotels & Resorts Genting Malaysia Berhad both companies. Genting Highlands Resort was founded in the 1960s by Tan Sri Dato Seri Lim Goh Tong, a 1937 immigrant from China Malaysian entrepreneurs. The complex was opened in 1971. The group is now led by Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, the son of the founder.

Genting Highlands Resort was often stage of the Tour de Langkawi, a well-known cycling race.