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82.1pc drop in tourist arrivals last year
Published on: Monday, January 04, 2021
Published on: Mon, Jan 04, 2021
By: Ricardo Unto
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82.1pc drop in tourist arrivals last year
Kota Kinabalu International Airport.
Kota Kinabalu: The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to the State’s once-flourishing tourism industry.

Based on the statistics from the Sabah Tourism Board (STB), the State witnessed an 82.1 per cent drop in international arrivals from January-August this year, compared to the same period last year.

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Domestic arrivals registered a 61.4 per cent decrease and a 68.8 per cent decline in total arrivals.

Chinese tourists were the largest number of foreigners to visit the State last year, totalling 598,566 people.
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