He was responding to a question on the declining number of Chinese tourists after two Chinese nationals were kidnapped in Sabah within weeks of each other recently.
“To some extent, there is a negative impact on the tourism industry but, in the long-term, the relationship between the two countries will be stronger. So Chinese tourists will come back,” he said.
On the suspended “Visit Malaysia Year” campaigns in China following the missing MH370 incident, Huang said the promotional campaigns would be renewed soon.
Due to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the kidnappings of Chinese nationals in the past two months, many Chinese tourists have cancelled their visit to the country.