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1 RANKING OF MAJOR MARKETS IN TERMS OF VISITOR ARRIVALS AND VISITOR DAYS -
AUGUST 2005
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
VISITOR
ARRIVALS*
RANKING %
Y-O-Y
%
Change
VISITOR
DAYS
RANKING %
Y-O-Y
%
Change
TOTAL 810,423 100.0 8.6 2,773,497 100.0 10.5
Indonesia 134,603 1 16.6 -0.2 429,549 1 15.5 4.6
China 101,129 2 12.5 12.1 323,300 2 11.7 -6.5
Japan 61,488 3 7.6 -7.7 160,051 4 5.8 -5.5
Australia 48,365 4 6.0 8.0 140,783 7 5.1 9.6
Malaysia 45,836 5 5.7 3.3 80,991 14 2.9 -3.8
India 44,648 6 5.5 24.8 260,895 3 9.4 28.0
South Korea 42,780 7 5.3 10.8 86,494 11 3.1 24.6
UK 39,315 8 4.9 4.2 149,958 6 5.4 5.5
Hong Kong 38,620 9 4.8 25.0 118,025 9 4.3 16.0
USA 31,789 10 3.9 11.8 130,422 8 4.7 6.3
Thailand 29,741 11 3.7 8.2 111,793 10 4.0 16.6
Philippines 27,062 12 3.3 52.9 159,614 5 5.8 58.5
Taiwan 22,925 13 2.8 16.3 82,546 12 3.0 14.7
Vietnam 17,898 14 2.2 39.1 82,258 13 3.0 57.2
Germany 13,057 15 1.6 6.1 44,490 15 1.6 7.5
New Zealand 11,235 16 1.4 6.4 25,702 22 0.9 6.2
France 10,091 17 1.2 7.9 32,418 16 1.2 5.8
Canada 6,715 18 0.8 14.3 27,983 19 1.0 11.9
Sri Lanka 6,156 19 0.8 10.8 26,237 21 0.9 17.4
Netherlands 6,104 20 0.8 1.0 19,646 23 0.7 -5.2
Others 70,866 8.7 6.5 280,342 10.1 13.4
* Excludes Malaysian citizens arriving by land.
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Tourism Focus August 2005