What is the secret for Malaysia to become a tourism champion in ASEAN?

Malaysia has successfully ranked first in the most popular tourism destination in ASEAN in 2023. What is the secret of Malaysia’s victory?
According to information from Vietnam Express, Malaysia won this title by recording almost 29 million foreign tourist arrivals last year.

With this figure, Malaysia has overtaken Thailand, which is the number one customer for foreign tourist visits among Southeast Asian countries. Thailand also has consistent ‘customers’ who are on holiday. The most foreign travelers to Malaysia are from Singapore.

Malaysia Tourism Promotion Department

Last year, 8.3 million Singaporean tourists visited Malaysia. The second and next order of tourists coming to Malaysia is Indonesia, Thailand, China and Brunei Darussalam.

Director of the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Department Nor Hayato Zainuddin was proud of this achievement. “This is a milestone for the ongoing efforts of the Malaysian government and the entire tourism industry,” he said.

Last year, Malaysia’s Immigration Department allowed tourists to fill out a computerized arrival card form online https://www.dpdppnipacitan.com three days before arriving in the country. This policy was created to speed up immigration procedures.

Malaysia also applies a 30-day visa exemption for Indian and Chinese tourists. These two countries are driving the number of travelers to Malaysia. The Malaysian government also tripled the length of stay for Hong Kong passport holders, to 90 days last year.

Referring to The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report released by the WEF (World Economic Forum) in 2019 or before the pandemic, Malaysia’s tourism competitiveness index is indeed good. Malaysia excels in the environmental pillars of driving tourism, price competition, and driving infrastructure.

That’s the most popular information, last Wednesday (28/2). Apart from that, there is still other information, such as Riyad Mahrez’s wife who experienced a shock after moving to Saudi Arabia and a former Real Madrid player who ordered the wrong seat on the plane.

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