1.59 MILLION TOURIST ARRIVALS TO MALAYSIA IN SEPTEMBER 2008
Tourist arrivals to Malaysia numbered 1,599,418 for the month of September 2008, a –0.1% decrease from last year’s September figure of 1,601,016.
Cumulatively, tourist arrivals recorded from January to September 2008 were 16,329,855 representing an increase of 4.4% compared to 15,648,292 for the same period in 2007.
Table 1: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia(September 2007 and 2008)
MONTH | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| SEPTEMBER | 1,601,016 | 1,599,418 | -0.1 |
Table 2: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia
(January – September 2007 and 2008)
MONTHS | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| JANUARY – SEPTEMBER | 15,648,292 | 16,329,855 | 4.4 |
For September 2008, Singapore maintained its position as the largest tourist generating market for Malaysia with 839,444 Singaporeans visiting the country. Others in the top ten list were: Indonesia (179,668), Thailand (93,291), Brunei (91,315), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (68,540), Australia (37,780), India (37,237), Japan (35,978), the Philippines (31,572) and United Kingdom (29,100).
During the month of September 2008, the Canadian market performed the best with a growth of 134.4%. Significant growth was also recorded for arrivals from the Netherlands (107.1%), Cambodia (87.6%), Russia (78.2%), the Philippines (48.0%), New Zealand (44.9%), Indonesia (44.7%), France (40.8%), Germany (39.5%), Australia (39.4%), United Kingdom (34.7%), Switzerland (32.2%), South Korea (30.6%), Italy (24.9%), India (23.2%), USA (17.8%), Japan (17.1%) and Vietnam (11.3%).
The top ten tourist generating markets from January to September 2008 were: Singapore (8,122,613), Indonesia (1,713,778), Thailand (1,100,507), Brunei (736,181), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (728,176), India (414,248), Japan (319,791), Australia (308,015), the Philippines (287,559) and the United Kingdom (272,015).
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