Kuala Lumpur - Tourist arrivals hit 20.97 million mark in 2007, surpassing the 20.1 million target set by the government and brought in total revenue of RM46.1 billion, which exceeded the target of RM44.5 billion.
Tourism Malaysia in an announcement here, said the tourist arrivals for 2007, which coincided with Visit Malaysia Year, represented an increase of 19.5 percent compared with 2006.
Singapore remained the top market with 10.49 million tourists, followed by Indonesia (1.80 million), Thailand (1.62 million), Brunei(1.17 million), China (689,293), India (422,452), Japan (367,567), the Philippines (327,140), Australia (302,363) and Britain (276,213).
December arrivals rose by 22.5 percent to 1.88 million from the same period in 2006. Total arrivals from Singapore were 935,439, followed by Indonesia (171,615), Thailand (162,208), Brunei (145,386), China (72,409), India (36,800), Australia (34,810), Japan (32,337), the Philippines (28,425) and Britain (27,848).
The major markets which recorded double-digit growth in December were Brunei (85.4 percent), Indonesia (64.9 percent), India (58.3 percent), Australia (55.9 percent), Britain (34.9 percent), the Philippines(33.1 percent) and China(32.4 percent).
Source: web8.bernama.com (25 Februari 2008)