Malaysia saw about 13 million tourists from Singapore last year - an increase of 2.4 per cent compared to 2009.
Although most of them are day trippers entering Malaysia for the various consumer subsidies offered by the Malaysian government that makes Singapore their largest tourist market, generating about 28.4 billion ringgit in tourist receipts last year.
The Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board said that homestay programmes are getting more popular among Singaporeans.
Revealing this at the Islamic Fashion Festival Thursday morning, the Board also said Singaporeans account for almost half of all homestay tourists.
"We have quite a number of homestay kampongs with more than 140 villages in Malaysia that offer this - 3009 homes offer such accommodation and about 4023 rooms. What's important is that this homestay programme gives tourists something special," said Acting Director-General for the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, Azizan Noordin.
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