Country leads in terms of tourist arrivals

Malaysia has outperformed other South-East Asian countries, with tourist arrivals as of December 2022 recovering to around 92% of December 2019 levels, driven by visitors from Singapore. — Bloomberg

PETALING JAYA: Travellers are once again flocking to South-East Asia with Malaysia leading the region in terms of tourist arrivals.

Standard Chartered (StanChart) reported that across Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, total tourist arrivals have recovered to about 60% of 2019 levels on average.