Visitors from China and Singapore increase in 2018
The numbers are out, and the first five months of 2018 have shown an uptick of 20.2{3ab9abdb116d77e110cf6766d5c5f310d2d72e0dd55573fcd30062e2b31ea297} arrivals from China and 15.8{3ab9abdb116d77e110cf6766d5c5f310d2d72e0dd55573fcd30062e2b31ea297} from Singapore.
The Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman, attributed this increase on the Kuching-Shenzen direct route that began in December 2017.
19,641 visitors arrived from China and 17,856 from Singapore, with overall visitor arrivals at this period totalling at 1.75 million.
The Ministry is targeting 4.5mil visitor arrivals and expecting RM8.05bil in tourism receipts this year, and will continue to ensure sustained growth to the tourism industry as they embark on the Visit Sarawak Campaign that will be launched at the end of the year.
