Malaysia’s tourist arrivals up in October

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia welcomed almost 1.7 million tourists in October, up by almost nine percent, year-on-year. Cumulatively, the country recorded close to 18,150,000 tourist arrivals from January to October of this year, an increase of almost five percent compared to the same period last year.

Singapore maintained its position as the largest tourist generating market for Malaysia last month, followed by Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), India, Japan, Australia, the Philippines and the United Kingdom.