State on course for four million tourist arrivals
KUCHING: Sarawak welcomed 1,189,718 tourists from January to March this year and is on track to achieve its four million tourist arrival target, according to Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister expressed confidence that the state is on course to reach its target of four million visitors […]
Sarawak reports surge in tourist arrivals, revenue in early 2024
BY NURA VALENTIANA LORNA & SAMUEL KARUNIA KORNO KUCHING: Sarawak saw a significant increase in tourist arrivals during January and February, with 750,768 visitors in 2024 compared to 697,822 in 2019. This surge also led to a notable boost in tourism receipts, totalling RM1.93bil for the first two months of 2024, up from RM1.73bil in […]
Tourist arrival target off to a good start
BY SHARIFAH NONG-JASIMA KUCHING: Sarawak recorded an increase in tourist arrivals in the first month of this year, raising hopes the state has got off to a great start to achieving its four million tourists target. “It is a good benchmark that we have an increase of almost 50,000 visitors for January 2024 compared to […]
Target of three mil tourist arrivals reached
KUCHING: Sarawak has reached the target of three million tourist arrivals to the state and is expected to continue to increase until the end of this year. Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the target was reached in the first week of October. Thus, he said he […]
Hajiji: Sabah has seven new hotels to cater for its growing tourist arrivals
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has seven new hotels coming on stream providing an additional 2,053 rooms to cater for the state’s continuous growth in tourist arrivals which could reach 2.2 million this year. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said there are 685 existing hotels in Sabah ranging from 5-star to budget hotels or lodges with […]
Tourist arrivals up 4866 per cent
BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS & AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI KUCHING: From January up to February this year, 328,009 international tourists arrived in Sarawak compared to 6,604 for the same period last year. Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah explained that the tourist arrivals this year increased by 4866.82 […]
Sarawak records 1.1 million tourist arrivals Jan-Sept
KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded 1,141,184 tourist arrivals into Sarawak from January to September this year as compared to 92,174 tourist arrivals for the corresponding period in 2021. Tourism Malaysia (Planning) director-general Iskandar Mirza Mohd Yusof said Sarawak is one of the tourist destinations that offers various tourism activities based on eco-tourism, culture, adventure, gastronomy and […]
Over a million tourist arrivals since border reopening
SHAH ALAM: Malaysia has managed to attract over a million tourists so far, over half of the targeted 2 million international tourists set by the government this year since the border reopening on April 1, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. She said a large part of the total was from Singapore […]
Minister confident of tourist arrivals after Raya
BY ANNABELL NAJA TOMMY KUCHING: The tourism industry in Sarawak is expected to grow after the country’s border is opened to Brunei and China. Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said this would greatly increase tourist arrivals from the two countries. “Sarawak is heavily dependent on tourists from Singapore, Brunei […]
Targeting 16 to 22 million tourists by 2025
KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (Motac) is targeting 16 million to 22 million tourist arrivals along with RM47 billion to RM77 billion tourist receipts by the year 2025. Its minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri explained that the target was set because the ministry wanted people to spend the money in the […]
