Your Inbound Matters

India is one of the world’s largest and fastest-changing outbound tourism markets. But while Indian visitor arrivals are growing across several Asian destinations, Malaysia recorded an 8.5% decline during January–June 2026.

Why are Indian travellers choosing destinations such as Vietnam, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines? Is Malaysia relying too heavily on generic tourism packages?

In this episode, Uzaidi Udanis, AI Inbound Tourism Strategist and Founder of Your Inbound Matters, explores:

• The size of India’s outbound tourism market
• Why Malaysia is losing momentum
• Where Indian travellers are going
• The profile of today’s Indian outbound traveller
• Why generic packages are no longer enough
• Tourism experiences Malaysia should develop
• How Malaysian tourism players can become visible, bookable and AI-ready

India recorded approximately 14.66 million outbound departures during the first half of 2026. The opportunity remains enormous—but Malaysia must create better reasons for Indian travellers to choose us.

It is time to move beyond selling destinations and start selling meaningful, bookable experiences.

Source: TripDataset India Tourism Dashboard 2026, based on official tourism statistics.

Presented by:

Uzaidi Udanis
AI Inbound Tourism Strategist
Founder, Your Inbound Matters

Experience Creates Economy.

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Audio Report : Malaysia Experience Destination Scorecard -Pasir Gudang , Johor

Pasir Gudang has proudly hosted the World Kite Festival every year since 1995, making it one of the district’s most distinctive tourism events and an international point of recognition.

Those are genuine strengths.

However, when I evaluated visitor readiness, I also looked at areas such as:

• availability of bookable local experiences,
• international digital visibility,
• accommodation diversity,
• and the variety of experience products available to visitors.

These areas present opportunities for growth.

Most people see this as just another corporate acquisition.

I see it as one of the strongest signals about where global tourism is heading.

In this video, I explain:

✅ Why JTB acquired EXO Travel

✅ Why global travel companies are investing in local experiences

✅ What Malaysian tour operators, travel agents, homestays, and guides should learn from this move

✅ Why "visible and bookable" tourism businesses will win in the AI era

✅ How this could impact Visit Malaysia 2026

If you're involved in inbound tourism, destination management, local experiences, or tourism marketing, this video is for you.

The future of tourism is no longer about selling rooms or transport.

It's about creating authentic local experiences that international buyers can discover and book.

For years, tourism businesses understood the customer journey:

👉 Tourist → Google → OTA → Booking

But today, a new journey is emerging:

👉 Tourist → AI → Website → Booking

What happens when travellers stop searching and start asking AI?

In this episode of the Your Inbound Matters Podcast, Uzaidi Udanis explores how AI is changing travel discovery, why many tourism businesses remain invisible online, and what inbound tourism players must do to stay relevant in the age of AI.

You'll discover:

✅ Why AI is becoming the new travel advisor

✅ Why many tourism businesses are invisible to AI

✅ The difference between being good and being discoverable

✅ Why OTAs are not necessarily the enemy

✅ How AI decides which experiences to recommend

✅ Why being visible and bookable matters more than ever

The future tourist may never search for you.

They may simply ask AI.

The question is:

Will AI recommend your experience?

Something doesn’t add up.

Malaysia attracted RM92.8 billion in approved investments in the first quarter of 2026.

That is fantastic news.

It means investors still believe in Malaysia.

It means factories may be built.

Data centres may be expanded.

Regional headquarters may be established.

And thousands of jobs may be created.

But at the same time, more than 511,000 Malaysians remain unemployed.

So perhaps the question we should ask is not:

“Can Malaysia attract more investment?”

Perhaps the question is:

“How do we ensure more Malaysians participate in economic opportunities?”

7,057 Malaysians lost their jobs last month. But there is a RM 329billion industry that is actively looking for people like them — and almost nobody is making this connection. In this video I show you exactly what the opportunity looks like and how to start.

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91% of travelers use AI.

No wait… only 8%.

So which one is true?

In this episode of Your Inbound Matters Podcast, Uzaidi Udanis breaks down why the tourism industry may be asking the wrong question entirely.

Instead of debating percentages, we explore:

✅ Why AI travel surveys are wildly inconsistent

✅ Why small tourism players should stop waiting and start preparing

✅ How AI is changing travel discovery and booking behavior

✅ Why visibility may matter more than marketing budgets

✅ What local tourism businesses, tour operators, homestays, guides, and destinations should do next

The bigger question is no longer:

“How many travelers use AI?”

It is:

“If travelers ask AI for recommendations… will your business appear?”

Whether you are a tourism entrepreneur, travel agent, destination marketer, hotel operator, guide, or local experience creator — this episode is for you.

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Malaysia's supply crisis is hitting SMEs hardest in June and July — and the PM's own economic adviser just confirmed money cannot fix it. In this episode we talk about the one income stream that has zero supply chain, zero raw material dependency, and zero exposure to the Middle East conflict — and how local Malaysian entrepreneurs can build it in 7 days. If you run a small business in Malaysia right now, this one is for you.