Originally Posted by
wolf72
According to DBKL and Tourism Malaysia, the average visitor to KL spends an average of 48 hours in KL before departing for Langkawi, Genting, Penang, Melaka or East Malaysia.
There is a reason why foreign visitors don't spend 5/6 or even 7 days in KL, bird parks, bukit kiara and sunway theme park included.
I used to work in the tourism industry, and based on our study, we found out that most foreign visitors to Malaysia, specifically in KL, have seriously lack of knowledge about the attractions available in the capital city. Majority of them came to us and said that the only attractions they knew about KL are:
1) KLCC/ Petronas Twin Towers
2) Petaling Street (China Town)
3) Merdeka Square
4) Batu Caves (Which is located in Selangor actually)
5) Jalan Alor
6) Bukit Bintang
Thats all about it. Most of the travelers who have visited KL in the past also didnt help very much because they will inform and pass about these same cliche attractions to the next traveler. And the cycle continues...
If you check out TripAdvisor, there are so many attractions available in KL but there will be only less than 1000 reviews for most of the attractions. Why? Because many travelers didnt bother to make a lot of homework and research about the city and they ended up to visit the same attraction again & again. Thus, other underdog attractions (which in my opinion are so much better and worth to visit than those famous attractions) remained unknown, deserted and empty. But luckily since few years ago, the KL Tourism Bureau realized about this situation and they have made more aggressive marketing to the traveler about the existence of less-known attractions and introducing new attractions in KL city. If you think there is not much things to see and do in KL during your last visit, please bear in mind that things are not always the same. The situation has changed.