Johor, the southern gateway and third largest state in Peninsula Malaysia is the keeper of many national and natural treasures untold, it is a delightful mixture of the traditional and modern, and natural and ultra-modern urban jungles.

Johor is divided into eight districts: Batu Pahat, Johor Bahru, Kluang, Kota Tinggi, Mersing, Muar, Pontian and Segamat, the largest of these being Johor Bahru which is the state capital. Visitors commonly head for Johor Bahru's royal palaces and lively night markets, considered as some of the state's best attractions.

The state's islands are a tourist attraction with their stretches of white sandy beaches and sparkling waters which beckons all and sundry to snorkel, scuba dive, wind-surf, sail and even reel in a fish or two.

Johor's five national parks are a wonderful representation of the sheer bio-diversity that is the state's natural heritage: botanical and wildlife paradise of Endau Rompin, the mangrove island of Kukup, the “mother of all dead ends” wetland of Tanjung Piai, the mysterious and legendary Gunung Ledang, and the heavenly Mersing islands.

Indeed there is so much more to Johor than meets the eye.