Malaysia charts 24.7 million tourists in 2011
Malaysia recorded overall growth in tourism last year as the positive effects of its luxury destination branding kicked in.
Tourist arrivals rose to 24,714,324 compared to 24,577,196 in 2010 while receipts climbed to RM58.3 billion compared to RM56.5 billion the previous year.
Minister of Tourism YB Dato' Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen said this was in line with the Malaysia Tourism Transformation Plan 2020 of achieving 36 million tourist arrivals and RM168 billion receipts by 2020.