Usually crowded with foreign tourists, Malaysians now walking along the heritage trails like Armenian Street during the recovery movement control oder (RMCO) in George Town, Penang. - ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 5 July 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism arrivals and expenditure slumped in the first quarter ended March 31, worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting Movement Control Order which came into effect on March 18.
Tourism Malaysia said Malaysia recorded 4,233,425 tourist arrivals in 1Q, down by 36.8% from a year ago.
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