2.03 MILLION TOURIST ARRIVALS TO MALAYSIA IN AUGUST 2009
Malaysia recorded a total of 2,030,337 tourist arrivals for the month of August 2009. It represented an increase of 10.4% from 1,839,235 tourist arrivals for the same month in 2008.
Cumulatively, tourist arrivals recorded from January to August 2009 were 15,380,505, representing an increase of 4.4% compared to 14,730,437 for the same period in 2008.
(August 2008 and 2009)
| MONTH | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2009 | CHANGE % |
| AUGUST | 1,839,235 | 2,030,337 | 10.4 |
Table 2: Comparison of tourist arrivals to Malaysia
(January – August 2008 and 2009)
| MONTHS | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2008 | TOURIST ARRIVALS 2009 | CHANGE % |
| JANUARY – AUGUST | 14,730,437 | 15,380,505 | 4.4 |
2009 were Singapore (1,091,651), Indonesia (181,634), Thailand (114,555), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (104,473), Brunei (68,838), the United Kingdom (44,519), Australia (42,969), India (42,332), Japan (41,707) and the Philippines (37,681).
For the same month, double-digit growth was recorded for tourist arrivals from Poland (59.9%), Italy (49.7%), Iran (47.9%), Cambodia (40.4%), Russia (33.4%), France (31.2%), Taiwan (30.4%), Finland (27.0%), Netherlands (26.7%), Australia (26.6%), Myanmar (25.2%), Vietnam (24.0%), Laos (23.3%), Singapore (22.0%), Switzerland (21.5%), Germany (21.4%), New Zealand (17.4%), Denmark (17.0%), the United Kingdom (16.5%), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (14.8%) and Sweden (14.5%).
The top ten tourist generating markets from January to August 2009 were: Singapore (8,261,037), Indonesia (1,522,388), Thailand (969,610), Brunei (687,065), China (including Hong Kong & Macau) (660,940), India (376,313), Australia (323,218), the Philippines (295,896), the United Kingdom (290,060) and Japan (258,387).
For more information, please visit Tourism Malaysia’s online Facts and Figures at
http://www.tourismmalaysia.gov.my/corporate/research.asp?page=facts_figures.
