PUTRAJAYA, Sept 18 — The state saw 34.5 million domestic visitors in the second quarter of this year, according to the Malaysia Statistics Department's (DOSM) report released today.
Based on the Malaysia Domestic Tourism Survey (DTS) for the second quarter of 2025 and the annual 2024 statistics by state, it revealed that the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory (FT) came in second place with 27 million, followed by Perak with 21.8 million.
Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said that all states recorded an increase in tourism receipts in line with the positive growth in domestic visitor arrivals, like Perak, with 10.2 million visitors compared to 7.5 million in the previous year.
"Selangor registered the highest domestic tourism receipts in 2024 at RM14.2 billion, marking a 28.1 per cent increase from RM11.1 billion in 2023. This was followed by the Kuala Lumpur FT with RM14.1 billion, compared to RM11.0 billion previously," he said in a statement today.
Uzir added that shopping remained the main contributor to tourism receipts, with a total of RM39.9 billion. The Kuala Lumpur FT led with RM6.8 billion, followed by Selangor (RM6.1 billion) and Sarawak (RM3.2 billion).
“Food and beverage were the second-largest contributor, amounting to RM17.3 billion. Selangor led in this category with RM2.2 billion, followed by the Kuala Lumpur FT (RM2.1 billion) and Perak (RM1.5 billion),” he said.
Overall, the nation recorded 73.8 million domestic visitors in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 7.8 per cent compared with the same period last year.
The report revealed that domestic visitor numbers rose 5.8 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis from the first quarter of 2025.
"The number of domestic tourists in the second quarter of 2025 stood at 27.4 million, up 4.2 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2024. Correspondingly, domestic tourism expenditure amounted to RM29.2 billion in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting a modest year-on-year growth of 3.8 per cent.
“However, it registered a slight quarter-on-quarter decline of 0.6 per cent,” Uzir said.
Other states which also posted strong growth include Pahang and Sabah, with tourism receipts rising to RM8.7 billion (2023: RM6.7 billion) and RM8.6 billion (2023: RM6.7 billion), respectively.
He noted that the rise in tourism receipts across all states reflects sustained demand for travel-related goods and services, particularly in shopping and food and beverage activities.
