Malaysia recorded 'massive drop' of 83.4% in tourist arrivals in 2020


  • Malaysia
  • Wednesday, 10 Mar 2021

Malaysia only recorded about four million tourist arrivals in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - Filepic

Tourist arrivals to Malaysia fell by 83.4% in 2020 with the country only welcoming about four million tourists.

The country recorded a total of 4,332,722 international tourist arrivals last year, a marked decrease from the 26,100,784 tourist arrivals recorded in 2019.

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