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How the source defines it

DOSM Domestic Tourism Survey Table 1 reports Malaysian residents travelling within Malaysia; its visitor count is published in thousands and stored as individual visits after scaling. Table 9 provides state-visited rows. LAOSIS U006 separately reports domestic tourists by province in persons, so the source concepts remain visible rather than being treated as one comparable population.

What to watch when comparing

Domestic visitors and international arrivals measure different populations and are not combined.
DOSM and LAOSIS use their own survey and tourism definitions; annual values from the two sources are context, not silently interchangeable.
State and province rows are publisher breakdowns and are not summed to recreate a national total.

Where this indicator is published

Coverage of Domestic visitors, annual across destinations
Destination	State	Latest period	Source	Freshness
Singapore	Catalogued	—	Singapore Department of Statistics, Singapore Tourism Board	—
Indonesia	Catalogued	—	Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS)	—
Philippines	Catalogued	—	Philippine Statistics Authority	—
Malaysia	Published	2024	Department of Statistics Malaysia	Awaiting source update
Maldives	Publication held	—	Maldives Monetary Authority, Ministry of Tourism / Maldives Bureau of Statistics	—
Vietnam	Catalogued

Explore published breakdowns

Malaysia: subnational area
Laos: subnational area

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Definitions or periods differ in ways no transformation resolves, so we show separate panels.

These series measure different things, so one chart would invite a comparison the sources do not support.

Why one chart is unavailable

Method differs or series break. The series come from different methodologies, or a source has flagged a break in the series.
Collection method differs. An administrative count is compared against a survey or an estimate.

The most recent period where every selected series has a complete value is 2024.

Compare movement since 2019

How we decide whether series can share a chart

visitors · 2019 to 2024

Domestic visitors, annual, Malaysia

Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.

Related indicators

International visitor arrivals: View arrivals
International visitor arrivals, annual: View arrivals (annual)
Foreign arrivals at the border: View border arrivals
Domestic visitors: View domestic visitors
Outbound Philippine resident departures, annual: View outbound resident departures (annual)
Outbound Philippine resident departures, monthly: View outbound resident departures (monthly)
Domestic tourism trips, annual: View domestic trips (annual)
Tourist arrivals, LAOSIS annual series: View tourist arrivals (laosis)
Reported visitor activity by province: View visitor activity by province
Foreign visitors, Thailand: View foreign visitors
Visitors recorded in receipts table, annual: View receipt-table visitors (annual)
Visitors recorded in receipts table, quarterly: View receipt-table visitors (quarterly)
Outbound trips by Indonesian residents: View outbound trips

Thailand	Catalogued	—	Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Ministry of Tourism and Sports	—

Laos	Published	2025	Lao Statistics Bureau	Current

Data for Domestic visitors, annual, Malaysia
Period	Malaysia
2019	239,120,866
2020	131,660,151
2021	65,975,955
2022	171,602,963
2023	213,743,544
2024	260,125,842

visitors · 2019 to 2025

Domestic visitors, annual, Laos