Tourist arrivals still healthy


Brief Caption: Chinese tourists with virtual money shopping at the mall today right after arriving for the five-day carnival where they are members.StarPic by :LIM BENG TATT/THE STAR/ 28 Oct 2017.

STATISTICS for last year’s visitor arrivals just released by Tourism Malaysia show a drop of 0.4%, or 116,105 fewer tourists, compared to the previous year.

There were fewer visitors from nine countries with Singapore leading the pack. Their numbers dropped from 12,441,713 to 10,615,986 or 14.7%. This was followed by Brunei, dropping from 1,660,506 to 1,382,031 or 16.8%.

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