Some of the popular places to visit in Malaysia include Kuala Lumpur and Penang. The country attracts thousands of tourists every year and the number of visitors in 2021 was 0.14 million.

What is the most visited place in the world for its eclectic spread of street food? Around 13.434 million visitors annually would strongly agree with Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur.

In 2021, it was one of the most visited places in Asia and the Pacific Ocean region. 3.7 million tourists visited Macao during that year. The economy of Macau revolves around tourism.

Malaysia had 26.1 million international visitors in 2019 but saw a sharp decline to 4.33 million in 2020, an 83.4% drop attributed to the emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak that year.

Malaysia dethroned Thailand, which came in second in Southeast Asia with 9.55 million tourist arrivals, with Vietnam trailing by 6 million followed by Singapore at 4.31 million.