“Many would drive to Titi for a two-day, one-night tour, which usually includes the Kwong Fook Kong temple to pray and ask for good fortune,” said Siow, referring to the town’s oldest Chinese temple built in 1892. Retiree Siow Voon Pin, 77, recalled that just before the pandemic hit Malaysia in early 2020, local tourists from neighbouring states and the capital Kuala Lumpur would head to Titi for a weekend getaway.
As restrictions ease, residents are hopeful that visitors will return to the mainly ethnic Hakka township, whose history includes migration from Huizhou in China’s Guangdong province and the scars of a wartime massacre. Once a popular weekend destination for those in the capital, everything changed when Covid-19 hit. Titi, a small Malaysian township about 70km east of Kuala Lumpur, is yearning for the return of domestic tourism.
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