Holiday hotspot Langkawi sees slow recovery in tourist numbers

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With the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and international travel slowly returning to normalcy, Langkawi is seeing a gradual recovery after reopening its shores to visitors last year.

The tourist hotspot is on track to hit 2.5 million tourist arrivals this year, according to the authorities.

“It’s the kind of place where you can just relax and have good times during your holidays, rest a little bit,” said a tourist.“There’s all sorts of things here in Langkawi, including tourist attractions like the cable car, the 3D museum and so on,” another tourist told CNA. “The industry is not fully recovered. Some of them are still struggling,” said Langkawi Tourist Guide Association president Ardi Bahador.Before the pandemic hit, about 3.9 million tourists visited Langkawi in 2019, according to the Langkawi Development Authority .

“Now we can see the trend, especially among the Malaysians, that it's shifted to southern Thailand because of the cheaper costs,” said lecturer Dzulhilmi Ahmad Fawzi from the Universiti Utara Malaysia’s school of government.

 

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