Malaysia Tourism Satellite Account 2015

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1. EMBARGO : Only to be published or disseminated at 1200 hours, Friday, 14 October 2016 DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA PRESS RELEASE TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT 2015
2. TOURISM INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED 14 .4% TO THE ECONOMY Malaysia’s tourism industry remained resilient with the contribution of 14.4 per cent to the economy. In terms of growth, Gross Value Added of Tourism Industries grew at 9.7 per cent propelled by domestic tourism as shown in chart. Chart: Gross Value Added of Tourism Industries DOMESTIC TOURISM GENERATED RM60.5 BILLION Domestic tourism expenditure generated an income of RM60.5 billion (Growth: 9.0%) with the total number of 176.9 million domestic visitors. Selangor, Perak, Sabah and Sarawak were the main travel destinations for domestic visitors. INBOUND TOURISM EXPENDITURE DECREASED In 2015, inbound tourism expenditure decreased to RM74.1 billion (2014: RM80.1 billion) due to the lower number of tourist arrivals, 25.7 million compared to 27.4 million in 2014. The arrival of tourists from Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Middle East and Europe has dropped compared to year 2014. 2.9 MILLION PERSONS EMPLOYED BY TOURISM INDUSTRY Malaysia’s tourism industry employed 2.9 million persons and contributed 20.7 per cent to total employment. Retail trade industry and food & beverage serving services recorded the highest employment in the tourism industry. Released By: THE OFFICE OF CHIEF STATISTICIAN MALAYSIA DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, MALAYSIA 14 October 2016 Contact person: Ho Mei Kei Public Relation Officer Corporate and User Services Division Department of Statistics, Malaysia Tel : +603-8885 7942 Fax : +603-8888 9248 Email : mkho[at]stats.gov.my