{"id":16756,"date":"2025-12-04T16:15:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16756"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:15:36","slug":"malaysias-penang-set-to-scoop-up-chinese-tourists-skipping-japan-thailands-hat-yai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=16756","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s Penang set to scoop up Chinese tourists skipping Japan, Thailand\u2019s Hat Yai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/04\/fa905a3d-06fa-4872-bc54-256002e44f2e_52c156c4.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">With Chinese tourists shunning Japan and Thailand\u2019s Hat Yai, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Malaysia<\/span>\u2019s Penang state is poised for a year-end tourism bonanza.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Penang tourism committee chairman Wong Hong Wai said Indonesians and Singaporeans, along with Malaysians who normally prefer Hat Yai, are expected to redirect their holiday plans to the state.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cDecember is traditionally one of the busiest periods, coinciding with the school holidays in both Malaysia and Singapore, and the Christmas and new year festive break.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThere is already a rise in hotel occupancy and this momentum is expected to \u00adcontinue.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe have a packed calendar of events, including the Penang Bridge International Marathon on December 14 and the Penang Chingay Parade on December 20, which always draw strong local and foreign participation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">According to reports, Chinese tourists cancelled their trips to <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Japan<\/span> due to a worsening diplomatic row between both countries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/3335182\/malaysias-penang-set-scoop-chinese-tourists-skipping-japan-thailands-hat-yai?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Chinese tourists shunning Japan and Thailand\u2019s Hat Yai, Malaysia\u2019s Penang state is poised for a year-end tourism bonanza. Penang tourism committee chairman Wong Hong&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[107,4774,2251,4409,9114,11660,1814,11661,5927,5593,10786],"class_list":["post-16756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-chinese","tag-hat","tag-japan","tag-malaysias","tag-penang","tag-scoop","tag-set","tag-skipping","tag-thailands","tag-tourists","tag-yai","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}