https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...-under-20/55567


Target is 5 million China Tourist . That was Feb2023 news
Any feeling of it happening in malaysia Airbnb, hotels, F&B or tourist spots ?

They came and then the flow got smaller due to competition to other destinations

no feeling at all.

we all know that our malaysia gov estimation number is all bullshit

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Malaysia had the quickest tourism recovery among its regional peers last year, recovering 92% of tourist arrivals compared to 2019 levels, driven by visitors from Singapore, according to a report by Standard Chartered Global Research.

Excluding Malaysia, tourist arrivals to Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have recovered to an average of about 60% of 2019 levels, following a broad resumption of international travel in 2022, said Standard Chartered in the report, which was co-authored by Asean and South Asia chief economist Edward Lee and Asia economist Jonathan Koh.

Nonetheless, they noted that the return of China and Hong Kong tourists was slower at about 18.4% of pre-pandemic levels due to the world's second-largest economy's border control policies.

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Sabah banyak prc moi and korea moi

Tourists from China to Malaysia once numbered 3.1 million in 2019, but fell to 405,149 in 2020, and only 7,701 in 2021,

So rough calculation 3.1mil / 12 months / 18.4% = 47533 China tourist / month or 1584 china tourist /day are arriving ... Believable figures, i think

Not sure about tourist, but if you live or work nearby university, you can see many China students and the number still growing

I dont think they will back soon, if you have follow their local news, china people were facing a huge economic problem now, many factory closing down and big firm moving away from their country due to trade war getting more worse, if you don't have money to survive, still got mood to travel meh. Recently some of them come for education/working purpose, not coming for fun, how i know because i involve this industry.

This post has been edited by MalaysiaCEO: Apr 26 2023, 02:29 PM

If compare to Bangkok / Singpaore, I think there are more chinese tourist there.

personally don't feel any influx at all...

same old same old like during MCO... majority locals...
and those "foreigners" like Bangla, Indon, Nepal, India, Viet etc.

also...
got heavy competition from Thailand... even Singapore too

Go visit Forest City at Johor and you'll know

I guess answer is sort of both. I've stayed in MO for a week two weeks ago, can definitely see a lot of China tourist groups in suria KLCC and a handful of them in MO itself, but don't think it's near the volume prior to MCO tho.

Come on laaa.. Exclude Singapore see ho many really come to Malaysia ???

Don't seem to have many tourist back yet. I think some more might come when the next university semester starts and people bring their children to study here.

Our MM2H also not picking up.

You must understand spending power also will be weaker. 2 years no open, their cash reserve will drop.
Wait another 2 years i guess