Sabah eyes 2.8 million tourist arrivals in 2024, hopes for new airport


Liew (right) checking out the Tip of Borneo facilities.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah targets 2.8 million tourist arrivals in 2024 as it hopes to eventually see a new airport to be built to cater to the large number of tourists arrivals to the state.

Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew said that tourist arrivals for 2023 are set to hit 2.5 million and projected to grow to about 2.4 million in 2024.

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