Join in the fun or avoid the crowd? Choose wisely.

According to Agoda.com, these are the places that Malaysians like going to ring in the new year!

Apparently for the New Year, Malaysians are going local as Kuala Lumpur is the most-top destination chosen to celebrate the New Year—making the capital city locals’ number one choice for the fourth year running.

Aside from Malaysia, Taipei is the second most popular destination—followed by Bangkok and Tokyo!

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Besides Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Penang, Langkawi, Genting, Kota Kinabalu and Malacca are the locals’ favourites when celebrating the start of the new decade without having to be far from home.

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Meanwhile, as for travel destination; homeland Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia remain as the top three countries for travel among Malaysians.

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Local travelers were busy exploring the country’s many beautiful cities in 2019, with nine out of the top 10 cities being local destinations.

Hence, now that you know which places are most probably to be flocked with people, you can now either decide to join in the fun or have a quiet celebration with love ones on places that aren’t the locals’ favourites.