JOHOR BARU: The city has been receiving pretty bad publicity from travel guides, both in print and on the Internet, with some books and websites labelling the major entry point as a crime-prone area.
This may well be the reason for the drastic drop in tourist arrivals here, down by 14% or one million in the first 10 months of last year compared with the corresponding period in 2004.
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