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Kota Kinabalu: Nautical tourism has potential to bring visitors to Sabah who will stay for an extended period and generate economic spillover.

State Tourism, Culture, and Environment Assistant Minister Datuk Joniston Bangkuai said Sabah needs to capitalise on the prospects of recreational boating given Sabah's advantageous location and abundance of waterways.

He said a sailing event previously organised by Sail Malaysia can be a benchmark for the state to develop the boating sector further and make Sabah a destination of choice for sailors.

On Monday, a group led by Sail Malaysia Managing Director Sazli Kamal Basha met Joniston, who also chairs the Sabah Tourism Board, to brief him the about Sail Malaysia Passage to the East 2023 yachting rally and to discuss Sabah's potential as a sailing destination.