Tourist who visit the city for the first time are often amazed by its clean environment, modern infrastructures glittering skyscrapers and its older side where ancient buildings, fascinating places of worship, night markets and cheap eateries thrive.

Kuala Lumpur is a great city to stay in as its international-class accommodations offer some of the lowest room rates in the world. Shopping is also amazingly cheap here and many items, especially modern and fashionable clothing as well as textiles are priced much lower than those found in most other Asian cities.

Food is also inexpensive in Kuala Lumpur and just RM5 can buy you a complete meal. There is also a comprehensive selection of Malaysian, Asian and Western fare to choose from and tourists need never fret about missing their home cuisine. It is also well-acknowledged that the cost of living in Kuala Lumpur is probably the lowest compared with other world capitals, a fact comfirmed by UBS Bank Of Switzerland.

The serenity of Kuala Lumpur is also another enchanting factor and huge old trees, flower-laden paths, and open parks make it a very green and tranquil city. The Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens and Taman Tasik Titiwangsa are two of the largest parks that serve as the city's favourite recreational haunts

These parks have ample leisure facilities for activities such as jogging and boating, a flower garden, an aviary and a butterfly park

Kuala Lumpur's nightlife is another exciting features and many areas in the city are alive throughout the night, offering a range of entertainment catering to all individuals. Restaurants operating 24 hours daily, night market sprouting like mushroom after a thunderstorm, pub, bars, discotheques, bowling alleys, snooker centres as well as social clubs all throbbing with life and activity.

Kuala Lumpur had its beginnings in 1850s, when Chinese migrants from China established large tin mines as the area, then was rich in that mineral.

The city, which is enclave within the state of Selangor on the central west coast of Peninsular is one of the three Malaysian Federal Territories and is commonly referred as KL

Built around the confluence of Klang and Gombak River, Kuala Lumpur is largely surrounded by forests and hills. It is the only place in the world to have a million-year-old primary forest within the heart of the city called the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve

The weather is warm and sunny year-round with plenty of rainfall, especially during the southwest monsoon from April to September.