Sarawak, Sabah agree to defer implementation of Tourism Tax

KUCHING: Sarawak and Sabah have reached a common stand to defer the Tourism Tax until a mechanism on its implementation is achieved.

Officials from both sides met on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the tax and both sides agreed on a few matters, one of which was that the portion of the tax collection be shared equally between Sabah, Sarawak and peninsular Malaysia.