Perak is No 2 for local tourists


Tourists in Ipoh's old quarter.

A TOTAL of 7.6 million domestic tourists visited Perak last year, placing the state second after Pahang in a survey on local tourism carried out by the Statistics Department.

Perak Tourism, Arts and Cultural Committee Chairman Tan Kar Hing (pic below) said this was a 5.7% increase compared to 2016, where some 7.2 million people visited the state.

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