A 30% increase in bookings by Chinese tourists expected in early May

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Malaysia is expecting an influx of Chinese visitors during China's Labour Day Golden Week holiday which runs from May 1-5.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia is expecting an influx of Chinese visitors during their Labor Day Golden Week

00:07holiday.

00:08Tourism Malaysia said the figures collated from airlines and travel agencies showed that

00:13there is a 30 percent increase in bookings this year compared to the same period last

00:17year.

00:18The Labor Day Golden Week, which runs from May 1st to 5th, is one of three major holidays

00:23in China, after the Chinese New Year and National Day celebrations.

00:28It is considered a long break, but the number of bookings to Malaysia has increased tremendously.

00:34Our target for Chinese tourists this year is five million, and based on the number of

00:39seats we have right now, direct seat capacity to Malaysia is already four million plus,

00:45and to our neighboring country is already six million.

00:47So Chinese tourists always combine.

00:49We have a total of 10 million plus seat capacity on a yearly basis.

00:53So to achieve the number of five million is not an impossible target.

00:58We have seen that the Chinese tourists using the facilities as our causeway has gone up

01:03tremendously.

01:04Right now, there's a lot of chartered flights going directly to Tawang.

01:08Tawang has become one of the favorite destinations for people from China currently.

01:13It is like a flavor of the month.

01:16But we hope the other destinations also will pick it up.

01:20Tourism Malaysia said the figures have not completely returned to pre-pandemic levels

01:24yet, with 2019 figures 15 percent higher.

01:28With the visa-free policy eligible for Chinese and Indian tourists to Malaysia, the government

01:33expects a surge in tourist arrivals this year.

01:37Travel agencies in China also reportedly said they expect outbound tourists to skyrocket

01:42by 370 percent compared to last year.

01:46Data from online tourism service providers also reportedly showed that the travel enthusiasm

01:51for this year's Labor Day holiday will be greater than that of last year.

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