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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
interesting. I am surprised that Malaysia attracts more international arrivals than South Korea. I never really thought of Malaysia as a major tourist destination.
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Yep, Malaysia is actually the 12th most visited country in the world, more so than say Russia, Canada or Greece.
KL is the 9th most visited city, neck n neck with NYC (and with more tourists than say Rome or Tokyo).
Many come for a first world version of Thailand (landscapes) -but hassle-free and English speaking
https://www.wallpapers13.com/wp-cont...-1680x1050.jpg
some of the world's best diving
https://www.laceybunny.com/my/wp-con...n-Island-2.jpg
ecotourism -epic jungles such as Teman Negara are the world's oldest, being untouched for 130 million years and thus some of Earth's most biodiverse hotspots (and quite accessible):
https://www.malaysiaholidayarchitects.net
Then there's the 600 year mix of cultures -Malay, Chinese, Indian, Arab, Indigenous tribes, Peranakan, British, Dutch, Portuguese, and their descendants. The latest migrants are Indonesians,
Africans and Syrians. Everywhere you go is an ongoing fusion
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SD9UTBlPJ...0/DSC_0107.JPG
...plus the epic food wars between them:
Also dotted with hill stations - highlands that the colonials used to set up Little Britains and tea plantations, to escape the heat among the cloud forests
The country's split between the urbanised peninsular (40% of land area), and the wild islands (60%) -the eastern side is a whole new world on the giant island of Borneo
