1,839,235 TOURISTS IN AUGUST 2008
A total of 1,839,235 tourists visited Malaysia in August 2008, representing an increase of 12.0% compared to the same month in 2007.
Cumulatively, tourist arrivals recorded from January to August 2008 were 14,730,437 representing an increase of 4.9% compared to 14,047,276 for the same period in 2007.
Table 1: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia(August 2007 and 2008)
MONTH | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| AUGUST | 1,642,899 | 1,839,235 | 12.0 |
Table 2: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia
(January – August 2007 and 2008)
MONTHS | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| JANUARY – AUGUST | 14,047,276 | 14,730,437 | 4.9 |
For August 2008, Singapore maintained its position as the largest tourist generating market for Malaysia with 894,845 Singaporeans visiting the country. Others in the top ten list are; Indonesia (201,663), Thailand (120,785), Brunei (96,732), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (90,976), India (41,770), West Asia (41,364), Japan (40,751), United Kingdom (38,198) and the Philippines (35,364).
During the month of August 2008, the Cambodian market performed the best with a growth of 113.7%. Double digit growth was also recorded for arrivals from Canada (78.8%), Russia (77.6%), United Kingdom (75.3%), Germany (71.4%), India (65.7%), France (60.6%), the Netherlands (60.5%), New Zealand (59.4%), Indonesia (55.3%), Italy (53.4%), Australia (50.4%), the Philippines (39.2%), Japan (36.6%), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (32.2%), Switzerland (26.3%), South Korea (24.2%) and Singapore (11.7%).
The top ten tourist generating markets from January to August 2008 were: Singapore (7,283,169), Indonesia (1,534,110), Thailand (1,007,216), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (659,636), Brunei (644,866), India (377,011), Japan (283,813), Australia (270,235), the Philippines (255,987) and the United Kingdom (242,915).
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