I totally resonate with your POV, attract foreigners with culture, heritage and nature that we can offer, not another tower and shopping mall

even as a local, I am sick with the malls culture, I prefer art gallery, library, cooking class, hiking over malls anytime

sometime i see those foreign youtubers trying hard to portray how malaysia is interesting and fun (even though its clearly not) all for the sake of flattering boring people here so to gain more subscribers and view, then whats more funny is people here actually believe it and think it is true

i feel like its one big circlejerk lmao

When people go on holiday, they want to relax and enjoy.

Drinking is a heritage and culture in japan, Korea, PRC, Taiwan, EU, Australia, etc. having alcohol with meal and in the evening is common and popular.

Alcohol price in this country is among the most expensive in Asia. Few tourists return for second visit.

there's tourist - who wanna relax, eat and shop
and there's travelers - who wanna experience things without bringing too much stuffs back home

guess who contributes more to our country
AMDK travellers, backpackers, DN?
or China and Indian middle class tourists

This post has been edited by seriosekitt3h: May 23 2025, 10:53 AM

Few tourists from u.s, Korea, Japan, EU, etc to mys. Most prc and Indian middle class only visit once.

What is there to experience in kl? Expensive drinks, poor quality foods, wet and dirty toilet?

This post has been edited by icemanfx: May 23 2025, 11:48 AM

malay food cheap cheap arab food can markup higher

let me give you a fresh perspective
Bharat + PRC = 3 Billion
that is 1 out of every 3 person in this world

Malaysia itself is interesting,

a. Forest adventure within peninsular
b. food hunting
c. heritage (Penang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Melaka)
d. Sabah & Sarawak adventure

the part you highlight is mainly KL tho.. hence some travel youtube tried to go other states rather than focusing on KL alone.

At least try to appreciate for them to put Malaysia on part as Tourism rather than those negative Media.

try to compared to SG... despite multiple tourist visit, it is the same formula over n over again

a. Advance building
b. efficient public transport
c. SQ first & Biz class
d. Hawker center
e. USS themepark
f. Changi Airport

thats all.

still got thai joint ma right

Most prc tourists are from 3rd or 4th tier cities, visit here en route from Thailand to sg vv.

Double posted.


This post has been edited by icemanfx: May 23 2025, 11:57 AM

Ya i notis this
They put a MY flag chop at vid front
With praise words
Then the comments always will have mostly locals
Instead of tourists

Malaysia indeed have nice places, much better than Thailand
but we know we are lagging behind them to logistic infrastructures.

One van ride away will get you from spot to spot.
One boat ride away till get you from island to island.
One grab ride away will swerve you from neighborhood to neighborhood.

I've been to places all states in Malaysia including Labuan.
Visited hard to reach places like Mulu, Perhentian, Bohey Dulang, Tahan,
Korbu, Bako, Talang Talang, Uma Sambop, Tanjung Datu, Kinabalu and Sagil
and you at least need a group effort to ease the expenses.

Malaysia cannot compete because our spots are too far away from each other.
We don't have centralized minibuses that specialized in transporting tourists.
We don't have motorized taxi like Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.

The question is, will you fork out money just to accommodate tourist,
eg: Mulu airport is one of the example. Actual inhabitants forced to resettlement
Or uses this money for better use for locals like building roads, bridges, klinik kesihatan and schools

if i wanted to visit new places or rediscover places I've been,
i would watch these so called idiots

Nothing wrong with them.
They cater new people looking for what to expect in KL, Penang or Malacca.
They also cater locals who wanna see how foreigner gets something wrong about their place
so that they can correct them and feel superior keyboard warrior.

Even as me, a local tourist certainly watch their videos and wanna know what I've missed the first time I've visited Malacca

KL mmg boring as a tourist place. But as a place to live, I think its second only to Singapore if money is unlimited for you. If take cost into consideration, might even be better than SG.

Whoops. Didn't read properly. I agree. 👍



How many Singaporeans can afford landed property with a proper garden?

Very few...

This post has been edited by countingcrows: May 23 2025, 12:55 PM

eh.. kat youtube ramai je praise KL/Malaysia.

If you have no money to spend, everywhere is boring.
But try coming to other states outside Klang. They are the worst.
You are basically doing the same routine everyday and ntg else.

i live in Kuching. WFH.
So I wanna just list what I did this month.
I dunno if this is boring to you or not

Outdoor playground - 5-6 times
Indoor playground - 2 times
Beach - 1 time
Swimming pool - 2 times
Shopping Mall - 1 time
Hypermarket - a lot, there is one 5 minutes away
Waterfront - 2-3 times
Restaurant for breakfast/brunch - 3-4 times (for clients)
Restaurant for dinner with family - 1-2 times a week
Park - 5-6 times, watch ppl jogging, feed fish, get some sun
Sports venue/hall - 2 times
Cultural performance - last Saturday, see Orang Ulu dance/play Sape
Night market - last night
Museum - 2 weeks ago, Borneo Cultural Museum
Family gatherings - 2 times, all brother sister go out makan with kids
Social gatherings - a lot, like makan selamat pergi haji, wedding, tahlil, raya open house

Tudung is Islamisation

Purdah is Arabisation.
The fact there are Arabic restaurant is one thing.

There are also Bangla restaurants. These restaurants aren't usually popular among Malays, usually their customers are other banglas.

Those Arab restaurants in Bukit Bintang are popular among Malays. They charge top dollar for their food and its jam packed.

Cause no one denies the popularity of Japanese and Korean culture.

This post has been edited by gamehype: May 23 2025, 02:04 PM