A check around Banda Hilir, here, found that several tourist hotspots in the area recorded an overwhelming number of visitors.
Trishaw rider Shazzuan Abdullah, 33, from Kampung Limbongan said this has given a ray of hope to tourism industry players like him who depend entirely on making a daily wage from ferrying tourists.
"After performing the Aidilfitri prayers yesterday, I went straight to the Bandar Hilir area because demand for trishaw services is usually higher during the festive season.
"It is a big opportunity for trishaw riders to earn extra income. Yesterday alone, I managed to get more than 10 customers,” he said here.
R. Sinadurai, 47, from Bukit Mertajam, Penang, said he decided to travel to Melaka with his family because the state has many interesting places to visit.
"We haven’t been here for quite a long time so we took the opportunity of the long holiday to come from Penang and spend two days here,” he said.
For Mira Rashid, 32, Melaka has always been one of her favourite places to visit.
"Apart from the various tourist attractions here, the colourfully decorated trishaws in Melaka are something that we don’t simply get in other places,” she said.
It was reported that the Melaka police expected a 50% increase from the average of 45,000 vehicles entering the state at three toll plazas ahead of the Aidilfitri celebration.
Monitoring of the traffic flow at entry points to the state also indicated a spike on April 1 involving 45,203 vehicles compared with 31,145 vehicles on March 31. - Bernama .bk
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