Aiming for a new tourism record

Tiong (third from right) announced the Ministry in collaboration with tourism industry players including Mica aims to get 7 million inbound tourists to Malaysia this year, from left Datuk Dr Ammar Abd Ghapar, Datuk Dr Yasmin Mahmood, and Angie Ng. From right are Cindy Seow and Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is setting its sights on attracting a record-breaking seven million Chinese tourists this year.

Prior to the pandemic, the country recorded 3.1 million of these arrivals in 2019.