Malaysian tourism records growth, but hotels are still empty


Malaysia recorded a growth of international tourist arrivals, but hotels are not seeing an increase in guests. - Filepic

Fresh off recent announcement of positive international tourist arrival growth, the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) has revealed that hotels in the country are registering lower occupancy.

An internal hotel occupancy survey recorded a drop of -4.71% to 60.8% for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period in 2018 at 65.51%.

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