As the southernmost state in Peninsular Malaysia, bordering on Singapore, Johor serves as an entry point for a substantial number of tourists. In 2016, the state ranked third of those that contribute to tourism industry incomes, generating RM11,406 million in 2016. This figure represents an annual average growth rate (or added value) of 6.9 per cent (Department of Statistics 2018). Johor’s ranking in terms of tourism income banks heavily on Singaporean visitors. Malaysia’s overall inbound tourism receipts contributed to 6.7 per cent of the national GDP in 2016 (Nikkei Asian Review, 31 October 2017), with 26.8 million tourists arriving in the country in that same year. Of these arrivals, Singaporeans made up the bulk of the visitors (13.3 million or 49.6 per cent), with Indonesians in a distant second place with 3.1 million (11.5 per cent) visitors. Many of these Singaporeans enter Malaysia through Johor.