Sarawak sees lag in foreign tourist arrivals


By YU JI
  • Nation
  • Sunday, 10 Jul 2016

A Kuching North City Hall employee cleaning the famous landmark in Sarawak's state capital of Kuching. - Filepic

KUCHING: Foreign arrivals in Sarawak continue to lag behind monthly highs achieved in 2014 and last year, new statistics from the Immigration Department show.

For April, total arrivals stood at 371,063 arrivals, about 10% lower than the 400,986 in the same month last year. Foreign arrivals stood at 182,411, while domestic visitors (non-Sarawakian Malaysians) were higher at 188,652.

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