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Kota Kinabalu: Cruise tourism has returned to Sabah with the arrival of the Seabourn Encore ship, bringing over 1,000 passengers, including crewmembers to the state.

The cruise liner entered state waters on Wednesday (Feb 15) morning and pulled into the Sabah Port. Its most recent stop was in Boracay, Philippines, said Sabah Tourism Board in a statement. 

This is the first cruise landing in Sabah this year, with the last arriving in 2020, before the closure of international borders and tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sabah Tourism Board (STB) team was on hand to welcome and present goodie bags to cruise passengers who would be spending the night in Kota Kinabalu before the Seabourn Encore sets sail at 6pm from Sabah Port en route to its homeport in Singapore.