Jetsetters: Tourists from China waiting to board their plane at Penang International Airport, in Bayan Lepas. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: With Chinese tourists shunning Japan and Thailand’s Hat Yai, Penang is poised for a year-end tourism bonanza.
Penang tourism committee chairman Wong Hong Wai said Indonesians and Singaporeans, along with Malaysians who normally prefer Hat Yai, are expected to redirect their holiday plans to the state.
