INTERACTIVE: July and August are hot times for Chinese tourists to visit Malaysia

Tourists from Guangzhou, China, Caren Liu Haoqiong (right), 30, and Vicky Liu Xiaoliu, 39, taking a picture with the background of Malaysian and China flags in Kuala Lumpur that were put up to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited Malaysia in April this year. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia can prepare to say “nihao” (hello in Mandarin) to a wave of tourists from China, who are expected to arrive on our shores in the next two months.

This is because July and August are the two most popular months for tourists from the Middle Kingdom to visit our country, based on data from Tourism Malaysia.