KUCHING (Jan 16): Sarawak came close to achieving its five million visitor arrivals target last year, recording its highest tourism performance to date in both arrivals and receipts, said Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The State Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister said visitor arrivals to Sarawak reached 4,971,197 as of Dec 31 [...]
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