A total of 1,899,148 tourists visited Malaysia in May this year, representing an increase of 3.1 percent compared to the same month in 2007. Cumulatively, tourist arrivals recorded from January to May this year were 9,001,765, representing a 1.3-percent increase to same period last year.
Singapore maintained its position as the biggest tourist generating market for Malaysia with 1,011,090 Singaporeans visiting the country. Others in the top ten list are Indonesia, Thailand, China (including Hong Kong & Macau), Brunei, India, the Philippines , Japan, Australia and South Korea.
Source : TravelWeekly
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