19.99 MILLION TOURISTS TO MALAYSIA IN NOVEMBER 2008
For the month of November 2008, tourist arrivals showed an increase of 4.6% with 1,845,645 tourists compared to 1,764,586 for the same period last year.
Table 1: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia
(November 2007 and 2008)
MONTH | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| NOVEMBER | 1,764,586 | 1,845,645 | 4.6 |
Table 2: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia
(January – November 2007 and 2008)
MONTHS | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2007 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | CHANGE % |
| JANUARY – NOVEMBER | 19,086,800 | 19,993,804 | 4.8 |
For November 2008, Singapore maintained its position as the largest tourist generating market for Malaysia with 963,261 Singaporeans visiting the country. Others in the top ten list were: Indonesia (218,105), Thailand (127,658), Brunei (95,112), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (75,342), India (42,484), Japan (35,815), Australia (34,929), the Philippines (34,226) and United Kingdom (30,891).
The Canadian market registered the highest growth of 70%. Significant growth was also recorded for arrivals from Vietnam (59.5%), West Asia (51.6%), Indonesia (43.0%), Cambodia (37.0%), the Netherlands (24.9%), France (24.9%), Poland (23.9%), Russia (22.2%), United Kingdom (22.0%), Germany (19.0%), Italy (13.0%) and India (11.5%).
The top ten tourist generating markets from January to November 2008 were: Singapore (9,973,479), Indonesia (2,177,487), Thailand (1,371,013), Brunei (919,072), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (878,298), India (501,563), Japan (395,686), Australia (381,352), the Philippines (358,200) and the United Kingdom (334,460).
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