Sabah tourism ministry to probe allegations of illegal tour packages, price manipulation


KOTA KINABALU: Investigations will be conducted on claims that many visitors had booked tour packages with unregistered operators, says Datuk Jafry Ariffin.

“We received reports of price manipulation from unregistered tour agents in Semporna and will conduct a probe on this,” said the State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister.

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