LANGKAWI: The imposition of the tobacco tax here has piled on more woes for the tourism industry here, on top of making the illicit cigarette trade more rampant, says Langkawi Business Association deputy president Datuk Alexander Isaac.
He said tourists, especially domestic travellers, no longer saw Langkawi as an attraction when cigarettes were no longer duty-free here.
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