Genting Highlands is a hill top resort near Kuala
Lumpur, famous for its casino, and golf course. At 2,000 meters above
sea level, it offers a cool respite from Malaysia's capital city
combined with all of the excitement, luxury, and entertainment of an
international resort destination. It is the most developed hill resort
of Malaysia.
Genting Highlands is also known as the Las Vegas of Malaysia as it is
the only land-based casino permitted by Malaysian law. It is part of the
Genting Group. Besides the casino, this resort also features many hotels
owned by Genting subsidiaries. One of them, First World Hotel has 6,300
rooms, making it the largest hotel in the world. Other facilities in
this resort include a theme park, golf course, sky diving simulator and
many other diversions.
