IUOTO - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS
Source of Information : Tourist Development Corporation,
Research and Planning Division, Kuala Lumpur
Method of Collection : Frontier check and Hotel records
Definition : UN/IUOTO

MALAYSIA

Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers and tourist nights in hotels by
country of nationality
Country of
nationality

Hotel Nights Frontier Arrivals (1)
1972 1973 1972 1973

Australia/Canada/United Kingdom
Indie
Japan
U.S.A.
Asian countries
European countries
All other countries
Totals
Number of foreign visitor arrivals by mode of transport at point of entry

L425 957 883 087 129 078 198 354
183 817 205 220 - 55 702 L8 862
120 394 256 309 36 483 61 026
230 163 304 114 69 746 72 408
032 603 1 481 802 312 910 352 810
167 789 266 301 50 845 63 405
234 693 305 315 71 119 T2 694
2 395 LIL 3 652 148 725 883 869 559

Air
Sea

1972 1973 1972 1973
241 207 337 126 Road 336 364 372 602
45 487 45 452 Rail 102 825 — 114 379

Average length of stay of foreign tourists in Malaysia
1972 : 3.3 nights 1973 : 4.2 nights
Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers and tourist nights in hotels by month
Months

Hotel Nights Frontier Arrivals (1)
1972 1973 1972 1973

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals

182 932
203 OL6
204 656
207 610
190 568
186 955
186 972
206 243
174 L18
195 697 :
210 114
246 203

273 718
288 977
285 781
333 929
315 689
286 889
291 728
316 877
288 359
303 341
320 053
346 807

75 434
61 529
62 017
62 912
5T T48
56 653
56 658
62 498
52 854
59 302
63 671
TL 607

65 171
68 804
68 043
T9 507
15 164
68 307
69 458
T5 bit
68 657
T2 224
T6 203
82 573

2 395 Lik 3 652 148 T25 883 869 559

azione

(1) Figures exclude Singaporean visitors coming by road through Johore Bahru Causeway
end exclude visitor arrivals to East Malaysia.

JOL 27 - 1973