South Korean visitors to Sabah rising
Published on: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
This is a significant increase as the figure was nearly half of the 55,152 South Korean tourists arrivals recorded throughout last year, says an official. (Bernama pic)
Kota Kinabalu: South Korean visitors to Sabah is on the rise with 21,541 arrivals recorded during the first month of this year.
This is a significant increase as the figure was nearly half of the 55,152 South Korean tourists arrivals recorded throughout last year.
ADVERTISEMENT “The Korean market is so important to us that it was the first country the Sabah Tourism Board team visited when the border reopened in April of last year to engage with airlines and travel agents there,” said Datuk Joniston Bangkuai, chairman of the Sabah Tourism Board, in a statement.
“The surge in Korean tourists is largely thanks to the increase in scheduled direct flight into Sabah, and of course, this could not have been possible without a close engagement,” he said, adding Kota Kinabalu is also well connected via Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, China, Taiwan and Brunei.
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