Visit Malaysia Year 2014 welcomes 7.09 million tourists in first quarter of this year. In conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014, the country welcomed 7.09 million tourists in the first quarter of this year, marking a hike of 10%, from 6.45 million tourists over the same period last year.
Tourism Malaysia Promotion Board
Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Tourism Malaysia) said Friday the top 10 tourist generating markets to Malaysia were Singapore, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Brunei, India, Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.
"The Asean region continued to be the largest contributor of tourist arrivals with 72.1% share of 5.1 million of Malaysia’s total arrivals. Among Asean countries, Vietnam registered the highest growth of 30.1%, followed by Thailand (20.9%), Cambodia (12.6%), the Philippines (10.3%) and Singapore (10.2%),” it said in a statement."
Tourism Malaysia said the medium-haul markets contributed 20.1% or 1.4 million tourists to Malaysia’s total arrivals. Countries that registered double-digit growth were South Korea (37.1%), Saudi Arabia (21.4%), Australia (19.2%), New Zealand (14.6%) and India (11.2%). In the long-haul markets, a total of 0.5 million tourists or 7.9% of Malaysia’s total arrivals were noted.
The markets that posted double-digit growth are Russia (25.3%), Italy (18.3%), France (17.5%), Germany (15%), United States (12%), the Netherlands (11.8%) and Canada (10.4%).
Welcomes To Malaysia. Tourism Malaysia Promotion Board. Tahun Melawat Malaysia 2014 - Visit Malaysia Year 2014. It's the nation's biggest and grandest tourism celebration ever. This is the perfect time to see, feel and experience all the endless wonders about Malaysia as the year will be packed to the brim with non-stop festivals and events. TMM 2014 - Visit Malaysia Festival.
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