澳大利亚游客凯西·汉密尔顿（Cathy Hamilton）对她的马来西亚之行感到后悔，因为她在雾霾笼罩下的双子塔前努力拍照。
Australian tourist Cathy Hamilton was experiencing pangs of regret about her visit to Malaysia as she struggled to take pictures of the haze-shrouded Petronas Twin Towers.
“我试着拍一些双子塔、默迪卡118（Merdeka 118）和其他风景的美照，但都被雾霾遮挡，拍不出好照片，”这位悉尼人说，她还因印度尼西亚山火的烟雾笼罩该地区而呼吸困难。
“I tried to get some nice photos of the Twin Towers, Merdeka 118 and other scenery, but I couldn’t get good shots as they were all clouded by the haze,” said the Sydney native, who also struggled to breathe as smoke from Indonesia’s wild fires choked the region.
汉密尔顿本周早些时候表示，要不是为了女儿们周末参加的ICU亚洲啦啦队锦标赛，她大概会取消行程。
Had it not been for the ICU Asian Cheerleading Championships her daughters attended during the weekend, she probably would have canceled her trip, Hamilton said earlier this week.
她并非唯一重新考虑马来西亚行程的游客。随着雾霾笼罩全国，旅游业者正经历这个时段预订量减少——甚至出现取消——的情况，烟雾扰乱航班、遮蔽该国一些最知名的景点，并威胁到东南亚经济的一个关键驱动力。
She’s not the only tourist reconsidering Malaysia as haze blankets the country. Tourism operators are experiencing fewer bookings for this time of year — and even cancellations — as smog disrupts flights, obscures some of the country’s best-known attractions and threatens a key driver of the Southeast Asian economy.
据空气质量监测公司IQAir的实时排名显示，周二吉隆坡、新加坡和雅加达位列全球空气最污染的10大主要城市之中。恶劣空气导致马来西亚部分地区学校停课。
Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Jakarta were listed among the world’s 10 most-polluted major cities on Tuesday, according to live rankings from air-quality monitoring company IQAir. The bad air prompted schools to close in some parts of Malaysia.
马来西亚入境旅游协会会长Mint Leong表示，入境旅行社报告11月出现取消订单、团队预订减少，海外旅行社正在询问空气质量最新情况。
Inbound tour operators are reporting cancellations for November and fewer group bookings, while overseas travel agents are seeking updates on air quality, according to Malaysian Inbound Tourism Association President Mint Leong.
这一放缓出现在马来西亚以延长的“2026年访问马来西亚年”活动为目标、力争全年接待4700万游客之际。根据马来西亚旅游局数据，2026年前八个月该国录得2880万国际游客。旅游部未回应关于雾霾对行业影响的询问。“收入损失可能高达数百万”林吉特，Leong说。
The slowdown comes as Malaysia targets 47 million visitors this year under its extended Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign. The country recorded 28.8 million international visitors in the first eight months of 2026, according to Tourism Malaysia. The Ministry of Tourism didn’t respond to queries on the effect of the haze on the sector. “The loss of revenue could run into the millions” of ringgit, Leong said.
统计局数据显示，去年国际游客在马来西亚花费1248亿林吉特（约306亿美元），而国内游客花费1121亿林吉特。
International visitors spent 124.8 billion ringgit ($30.6 billion) in the country last year versus 112.1 billion ringgit by domestic tourists, Department of Statistics data show.
旅游相关产业在2025年创造了3230亿令吉的经济价值，相当于国内生产总值（GDP）的15.9%。直接归因于旅游消费的经济活动占GDP的6.8%。
Tourism-related industries generated 323 billion ringgit in economic value in 2025, equivalent to 15.9% of gross domestic product. Economic activity directly attributable to tourism spending accounted for 6.8% of GDP.
尽管天空笼罩着霾，一些游客周一仍涌入吉隆坡唐人街寻找便宜货，不过摊贩黄美（Wong Mei，音译）表示，本月顾客有所减少。
Despite the hazy conditions, some tourists on Monday were thronging Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown in search of bargains, although vendor Wong Mei said there’d been a drop in customers this month.
“过去两周出来的人少了，”这位62岁的手袋摊主说，并将客流下滑归咎于霾害。
“Fewer people have come out in the last two weeks,” the 62-year-old handbag seller, said, blaming the decline on the haze.
来自英国的游客詹姆斯·惠特利（James Wheatley，音译）表示，空气污染并未阻碍他的团队前往马来西亚旅游。
James Wheatley, a tourist from the UK, said the pollution wasn’t deterring his group’s visit to Malaysia.
“我们昨天刚抵达，将逗留至10月27日。霾害不算太严重，我们正在适应，”这位60岁的游客在路边摊品尝当地水果时说。“要是早知道，我们会推迟行程，但我们已经来了。”
“We just arrived yesterday and will stay until October 27. The haze isn’t too bad and we’re adapting to it,” the 60-year-old said as he sampled local fruit at a roadside stall. “Had we known, we would have delayed our trip, but we’re already here.”