Taiwan a hit with M’sian tourists

Welcome to Taiwan: (From left) Kho, Wu and Phua at the press conference in Wisma MATTA.

KUALA LUMPUR: Taiwan is becoming more popular with Malaysians as a holiday destination as the number of Malaysian tourists to the island has been on the rise.

It received 256,703 Malaysian visitors between January and July this year, compared with 215,354 for the same period in 2016, said Taiwan Tourism Bureau KL Office director Tony Wu at a press conference at Wisma MATTA.