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Nearly 1.8m tourists from China visit M’sia in first five months of 2025

By MkiniEN in August 11, 2025 – Reading time 1 minute
Nearly 1.8m tourists from China visit M'sia in first five months of 2025


Nearly 1.8 million tourists from visited Malaysia between January and May this year, following the introduction of a visa waiver for Chinese travellers.

Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan said that after the policy took effect in 2024, Chinese tourist arrivals rose significantly, from 1.6 million in 2023 to 3.4 million last year.



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