Sabah tourism players brace for 'zero' Chinese tourist arrivals, ask govt to help through bad patch


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah tourism players are bracing for “zero” China tourist arrivals following the coronavirus outbreak and are asking for the government to help them through the bad patch in the next few months.

Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Satta) president Datuk Seri Winston Liaw said they expected a sharp drop in the arrival of Chinese tourists, which will severely impact the state's tourism players.

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