Chinese tourism leads to exorbitant prices for Malaysian durian
Although they get air-flown durian in China, the fruit here is fresher and more fragrant, tourists said. Tong said her farm saw a huge increase of about 50% in Chinese tourists from areas like Harbin, Guangzhou and Shenyang in the past three to four years.
“Their love for tropical fruits like durian could be the reason why Musang King can easily command between RM60 and RM90 per kilo nowadays compared to three years ago.
“Back then, Musang King were selling at RM30 and people were already complaining,” she said when interviewed.
Toh said he would still recommend local kampung durian that cost about RM14 to RM15 per kilo compared to the popular varieties.
source: thestar.com.my
