Great push for China tourists

WHEN launching the Malaysia-Xiamen Chamber of Commerce recently, Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said Malaysia was eyeing four million tourists from China this year and up to eight million in 2020.

In 2012, the number of China visitors to Malaysia was 1,558,785. It increased by 14.9% to 1,791,423 the following year but dropped to 1,613,355 in 2014 due to the disappearance of flight MH370 and subsequent missteps. Last year, arrivals shot up to 2,124,942 from 1,677,163 in 2015.