Visitors’ arrival on the upswing
The visitors’ arrivals into the State was very promising and as of April, arrival has shown an increase of 17.26 percent as compared to the same month in 2016 said the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
Making his maiden speech at the State legislative Assembly recently as the new Minister, expressed his confidence that Sarawak will be able to achieve the targeted five million tourist arrivals for the year and generating an estimated tourism receipts of RM8.9 billion to be channel to the State coffer.
The arrivals in 2016 saw a 3.19 percent rise as compared to 2015, and with the ever growing global tourism business, Datuk Karim expressed optimism that the target will be reached, as long as Sarawak continues its promotion momentum.
