Foreign tourists to Langkawi on the rise while locals decline

A backdrop of the Kilim Geoforest Park in Langkawi.

PETALING JAYA: Langkawi’s tourist arrivals in 2018 dipped to 3.63 million visitors even as the number of foreign tourists increased significantly last year.

According to the data by Langkawi Development Authority (Lada), the island’s tourist arrivals in 2018 fell by 1.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 3.68 million visitors in the previous year.