Visitor arrivals to Malaysia up 6% in Aug-2018

8 November, 2018

Tourism Malaysia reported (07-Nov-2018) visitor arrivals to Malaysia for Aug-2018. Details include:

  • Visitor arrivals: 2.3 million, +5.8% year-on-year;
    • Singapore: 876,124, -6.9%;
    • China: 303,867, +35.9%;
    • Indonesia: 260,896, +21.5%;
    • Thailand: 157,258, +13.2%;
    • Brunei: 107,331, -19.8%;
    • South Korea: 61,224, +31.1%;
    • Japan: 45,088, +6.9%;
    • India: 43,134, +6.9%;
    • Taiwan: 40,453, +16.9%;
    • Vietnam: 39,476, +61.2%;
    • UK: 37,019, +0.7%;
    • Philippines: 30,671, -1.2%;
    • Australia: 25,428, +6.7%;
    • US: 20,146, +30.1%;
    • France: 18,622, +3.3%. [more - original PR]