KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Malaysia is poised to surpass its international tourist arrival target for this year by achieving an arrival of at least 18 million visitors, exceeding the initial target of 16.1 million tourists, said the Director General of Tourism Malaysia, Datuk Ammar Abdul Ghapar.
“This year, we target 16.1 million tourists... looking at this positive growth, easily we can say that if nothing goes wrong, we can get 18 million tourists this year, which is more than what we targetted... we hope that materialises and we are very optimistic about it,” he said in his speech when officiating the Jordan Tourism Board Road Show and Business Dinner here Monday.