Malaysia recorded a total of 2,108,328 tourist arrivals for the month of June 2009. It represented an increase of 7.5% from 1,961,355 tourist arrivals for the same month in 2008.  

Cumulatively, tourist arrivals recorded from January to June 2009 were 11,346,444, representing an increase of 3.5% compared to 10,963,120 for the same period in 2008.

               Table 1: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia (June 2008 and 2009)

MONTH	TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008	TOURIST ARRIVALS 2009	CHANGE %
JUNE	1,961,355	2,108,328	7.5

Source: Immigration Department of Malaysia

Table 2: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia (January - June 2008 and 2009)

MONTHS	TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008	TOURIST ARRIVALS 2009	CHANGE %
JANUARY - JUNE	10,963,120	11,346,444	3.5

Source: Immigration Department of Malaysia

The top ten tourist generating markets for June 2009 were Singapore (1,222,096), Indonesia (215,948), Thailand (107,526), Brunei (107,083), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (58,351), India (57,603), Australia (39,536), the Philippines (37,701), the United Kingdom (32,962) and Japan (25,924).

For the same month, double-digit growth was recorded for tourist arrivals from Iran (94.2%), Netherlands (65.5%), Canada (51.7%), France (51.7%), the United Kingdom (40.6%), New Zealand (33.4%), Cambodia (32.7%), Russia (31.6%), Germany (28.1%), Singapore (25.1%), Australia (24.9%), Myanmar (22.8%), Laos (21.3%), Norway (21.1%), Finland (20.1%), Italy (17.5%), Switzerland (17.5%), the Philippines (13.5%), Sweden (12.9%), and Vietnam (12.3%).

However, tourist arrivals from Thailand recorded a decline of 25.4% due to the political unrest in southern Thailand. Other markets that have also registered a decline in June 2009 were Saudi Arabia (-46.4%), UAE (-36.6%), Japan (-22.9%), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (-20.5%), South Korea  (-16.8%), and Taiwan (-15.3%). It was due to the global economic crisis, as well as the effect of Influenza A (H1N1).  

The top ten tourist generating markets from January to June 2009 were: Singapore (6,139,965), Indonesia (1,126,681), Thailand (734,115), Brunei (567,172), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (466,685), India (289,184), Australia (230,117), the Philippines (224,498), the United Kingdom (202,720) and Japan (183,222).

For more information, please visit Tourism Malaysia's online Facts and Figures at ttp://www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my/corporate/research.asp?page=facts_figures.

 

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