More Aussies to Malaysia
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Malaysia has started the year with an impressive 47,228 Australian tourist arrivals in January, a 21.5% increase compared with the same period last year.
This follows the 33.3% jump in Australian arrivals last year to 427,076 from the previous year, Bernama reported.
Tourism Malaysia’s Sydney Director, Shahrin Mokhtar, was quoted saying that Australia remained among Malaysia’s top 10 tourist generating markets.
“Our performance in this lucrative market is reflected in the double digit growth in tourist arrivals from Australia to Malaysia over the past year. Australians recognise the excellent value for money they get from visiting Malaysia.”
Tourism Malaysia’s newly-opened Melbourne office had much better Aussie tourist figures than out of Sydney, the reports said.
Last December the Melbourne office handled more than 6,300 departures and Sydney around 4,800.
the body’s Deputy Director General for Planning, Azizan Noordin, was quoted saying that a key objective would be increase the average length of stay by Australian travellers in Malaysia from 8.9 nights to 10 nights.
“We will also be introducing and promoting many smaller, unexplored areas around the country, especially on the east coast of Malaysia. These will appeal to many niche and soft adventure markets including fishing, sailing, homestays and eco-tourism,” Azizan was quoted saying.
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