Perak recorded a total of 7.41 million tourist arrivals as of the end of the third quarter of this year, the State Assembly was told today.
State Tourism, Industry, Investment and Corridor Development Committee chairman Loh Sze Yee said the data was obtained from 12 local government authorities (PBT) and tourism operators, as well as based on a sampling of 209 out of 422 tourism products in Perak.
"Based on the Hotel Guest Survey involving samplings from 40 hotels registered with Tourism Malaysia, the unofficial data recorded the arrival of 609,249 international tourists with at least an overnight stay in the state, and this exceeded the target of 350,000 international tourists for the 2024 Visit Perak Year," he said.