"Some of them just spit on the roadside," said Siti Sarah Abdul Rahman.

The employee of an outlet at Suria KLCC was referring to a few among the hordes of migrant workers who pack tourist attractions in the city during the festival holiday periods, year in and year out.

"I have grown immune to such scenes though I feel uncomfortable with some of their habits," she told Bernama.

There were times when she had feared for her safety because "these people like to gather in groups", their usual haunts being the KLCC, Bukit Bintang, Central Market and Kota Raya.

The large number of these foreigners sometimes makes Kuala Lumpur look very "foreign" as public transport caters mostly to them during such holidays.

However, taxi operators were not complaining. Festive holiday periods are goldmines to them.

They were more than willing to entertain the migrant workers, who are mainly from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Nepal.

One of them, Chin Chew Wong, said that between 7am and 1pm on the first day of Aidilfitri yesterday, he had made 10 trips ferrying migrant workers from Kampung Pandan, Batu Caves, Pandan Jaya and Kepong to the city centre.

He said he ferried at least three passengers on each of the trips.

"Today is okay, many passengers. I can be assured of passengers until tonight," he told Bernama.

Indeed queues of taxis are common at Kota Raya, KLCC and Bukit Bintang.

Saiful Razak, a soft drinks hawker at Jalan Ampang, said the large number of migrant workers on holiday in the city centre, was good for his business, carried out on a tri-motorcycle.

"You can say it's my good fortune. Today's collection is good. I trade here every festive holiday period," he said.

He did not deny though that some of the migrant workers were guilty of discarding rubbish carelessly.

- Bernama.