Tourism in Malaysia explained

Tourism in Malaysia is a major industry and contributor to the Malaysian economy. Malaysia was once ranked 9th in the world for tourist arrivals.[1] In 2017, the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report ranked Malaysia 26 out of 141 countries using its Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) which measures the various components and policies of a country that are in place to allow for the sustainable development of its travel and tourism sectors.[2]

In an effort to diversify Malaysia's economy and reduce its dependency on exports, the government pushed to increase tourism in Malaysia. This led tourism to become Malaysia's second largest source of foreign exchange income.[3] In 2022, tourism contributed 14% to Malaysia's overall GDP.[4]

The government agency in charge of promoting tourism in Malaysia is Tourism Malaysia or the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB). On 20 May 1987, the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism (MOCAT) was established and TDC moved to this new ministry. TDC existed from 1972 to 1992, when it became the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB), through the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board Act, 1992.

In 1990, Malaysia launched a tourism campaign called "Fascinating Malaysia. Year of Festivals" which was considered a success and brought in the arrivals of 7.4 million tourists.[5] Five years later, in 1994, Malaysia launched another campaign themed "Fascinating Malaysia. Naturally More" which welcomed 10.22 million tourists. In 2007, Malaysia launched its most notable tourism campaign titled "Malaysia Truly Asia". This campaign was launched in conjunction with Malaysia's 50th year of independence and was heavily promoted and advertised. It exceeded expectations and was a massive success, chartering the arrivals of 20.97 million tourists.

Types of tourism

Medical tourism

See main article: article and Medical tourism in Malaysia.

Medical tourism is popular in Malaysia, with the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council reporting an arrival of 641,000 foreign patients in 2011, 728,800 in 2012, 881,000 in 2013 and 882,000 in 2014.[6] Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council, a government agency with the aim of promoting medical tourism, was launched in 2009 as an initiative by the Ministry of Health.[7]

Tourist arrivals

Tourist arrivals

In 2016, Malaysia recorded 26,757,392 tourist arrivals, a growth of 4.0% compared to 25,721,251 in 2015. The table lists the top 15 arrivals to Malaysia by their origin countries.

Denotes that the country was not within the top 15 arrivals for that year
Foreign tourist arrivals in Malaysia!Country!Visitors (2023)[8] !Visitors (2022)[9] !Visitors (2021)[10] !Visitors (2020)[11] !Visitors (2019)[12] !Visitors (2018)[13] !Visitors (2017)[14] !Visitors (2016)[15] !Visitors (2015)[16]
8,308,2305,222,99116,3081,545,25510,163,88210,615,98612,441,71313,272,96112,930,754
3,108,1651,481,73911,025711,7233,623,2773,277,6892,796,5703,049,9642,788,033
1,551,282715,52859,607394,4131,884,3061,914,6921,836,5221,780,8001,343,569
1,474,114211,3637,701405,1493,114,2572,944,1332,281,6662,124,9421,677,163
811,833301,757773136,0201,216,1231,382,0311,660,5061,391,0161,133,555
671,846324,5483,916155,883735,309600,311552,739638,578722,141
400,853146,3843,028119,750673,065616,783484,528444,439421,161
344,361173,76358364,184400,346375,578248,927216,877229,926
343,438152,2651,32172,680368,271351,500351,232377,727486,948
339,282159,4422,31766,051421,908396,062370,559417,446554,917
283,38048,13256360,090382,916383,922332,927300,861283,224
272,297134,6672,67663,868346,485361,335358,818400,269401,019
229,89283,3093,11474,383424,694394,540392,777413,768483,569
229,476108,1412,03048,810269,928253,384198,203217,075237,768
142,74859,0331,50917,634179,000150,053111,836114,607147,152
125,98757,78082427,458130,221128,895109,816130,276144,910
115,14555,08784328,237141,661139,408131,668134,257151,474
109,68933,00339928,69479,98472,78567,56450,89355,263
107,65760,5352,04317,777105,75774,45853,45358,38869,112
86,29836,7653779,74546,25738,51342,31449,17566,553
72,62739,82325016,54897,09790,11342,00461,84475,059
71,98130,65647116,63187,56884,70567,05672,33779,557
68,44831,07046614,48682,11081,65175,88572,20084,584
55,05024,9063858,14226,05828,37643,73833,34051,337
51,37535,98068723,390121,444112,263100,549123,87899,754
48,44018,8663008,97154,71052,05544,63842,74751,946
42,95518,2381968,79450,14050,69855,92353,35260,846
40,76220,4741476,36743,61642,26735,14928,01836,692
23,31210,4861975,26325,65925,68020,77526,62828,141
21,4728,4721617,53927,03324,36420,06719,76819,920
20,78311,1176526,20429,83127,90923,76030,23125,637
19,9087,5703147,07846,55967,09459,02347,10265,066
18,48811,3791985,06720,43719,91420,55360,47693,159
18,1278,7391373,73525,65919,68720,85418,20822,746
18,0068,0832539,29229,59232,66534,30432,86135,586
17,7267,5431223,73422,08220,62417,32714,28318,789
17,2757,1692863,15215,29015,40614,59413,02915,395
16,7817,0104255,42426,95523,78239,46031,06124,448
16,0537,7172146,06122,31423,56623,21921,61224,113
15,1557,9371683,87622,67421,97721,56020,05320,625
12,5626,0084523,62821,42122,29118,55522,53320,098
11,1294,3812986,32616,01914,52913,06812,97110,672
9,9814,9601363,55214,58515,20214,12114,70918,622
8,2982,8361416,06518,13813,86112,57710,71715,410
7,8773,2308667911,1749,3868,55514,15015,769
Grand Total 20,141,84610,074,964134,728 4,332,722 26,100,784 25,832,354 25,948,459 26,757,392 25,721,251

Destinations and attractions

Beside the main cities, there other town and places in Malaysia offer some special tourist attraction. Such as in Taiping for their landscape and local attraction. Teluk Intan for their Leaning tower. Genting Highlands, Cameron Highlands, Bukit Tinggi in Pahang and Kundasang in Sabah for a cool climate. Muar in Johor is famous for its food. Miri is the official tourism-city and resort city of Sarawak and Sibu in Sarawak is famous for its landscape and parks.

Islands and beaches

Malaysia has several tropical islands. Some of the islands in Malaysia are:

National parks and nature reserves

Other places of interest

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Mohd Ayob . Norizawati . Masron . Tarmiji . 2014 . Othuman Mydin . M.A. . Marzuki . A. . Issues of Safety and Security: New Challenging to Malaysia Tourism Industry . SHS Web of Conferences . 12 . 01083 . 10.1051/shsconf/20141201083 . 2261-2424.
  2. Book: . Crotti . Roberto . Misrahi . Tiffany . 2017 . The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 . Geneva . World Economic Forum . 9 . 978-1-944835-08-8.
  3. Hanafiah . Mohd Hafiz Mohd . Harun . Mohd Fauzi Mohd . 2010 . Tourism Demand in Malaysia: A cross-sectional pool time-series analysis . International Journal of Trade, Economics, and Finance . 1 . 2 . 200 .
  4. Web site: Sunbiz . Tourism rebounded in 2022, contributed 14% to GDP . 2024-05-29 . thesun.my . en-MY.
  5. Web site: Tourism Malaysia Corporate Site . 2024-05-29 . www.tourism.gov.my.
  6. Web site: Statistics. Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council. 16 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150803223514/http://www.mhtc.org.my/en/statistics.aspx. 3 August 2015. dmy-all.
  7. Sarwar . Abdullah . 2013 . Medical Tourism in Malaysia: Prospect and Challenges . Iranian Journal of Public Health . 42 . 8 . 795–805 . 2251-6085 . 4441909 . 26056632.
  8. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2023) . 7 June 2024.
  9. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2022) . 7 June 2024.
  10. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2021). 28 December 2022.
  11. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2020). 28 December 2022.
  12. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2019). 25 March 2020.
  13. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2018). 21 February 2019.
  14. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2017). 18 April 2018.
  15. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2016). 4 March 2018.
  16. Web site: Top 45 Tourist Arrivals (2015). 4 March 2018.

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