Malaysia airports see higher Chinese tourist flows

By：Xinhua Net Update：2017-09-13

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia Airports, an airport company that manages most of the airports in Malaysia, said Tuesday it sees considerably higher growth for Chinese tourist flows so far this year when compared to international passengers from other regions.

Badlisham Ghazali, the airport company's managing director, told Xinhua in an email that the total inbound passengers from China in the first half of 2017 stood at 1.8 million, an increase of 21 percent from 1.5 million over the same period last year.

According to Malaysia Airports traffic snapshot Monday, airports in Malaysia registered 8.33 million passengers in August, a 9.3 percent year-on-year growth when compared with August last year.

International traffic soared 17.3 percent year-on-year to 4.37 million passengers, and China was among the 15 countries that registered more than 10 percent growth.

From January to August, the total international traffic increased by 15.3 percent year-on-year to 32.45 million passengers.

Among flight routes in China, Badlisham said, Chinese travelers for Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong International Airport route top the list, followed by the three first tier cities in China - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.