Tengku Zafrul says will facilitate PM’s meeting with Microsoft CEO in mission to make Malaysia Asean’s digital hubTing said the tourism receipts generated also went up by 12.11 per cent to over RM907 million in January this year, from the amount reported in the corresponding period last year. — The Borneo Post picKUCHING, March 16 — Sarawak recorded a total of 352,983 visitor arrivals in January this year, marking an increase of 10.
Ting said the state’s total visitor arrivals last year stood at 3,929,657, recording a whopping increase of 93.82 per cent over the numbers in 2022.“The arrivals return about 85 per cent of the pre-pandemic levels in 2019. To recap, last year we set a target of three million travellers, so we surpassed our target by 929,657 visitors.
“This year, we are targeting to generate RM336.2 million in total economic impact, RM182.7 million in delegate expenditure and RM20.1 million in taxes, and also creating 26,684 job opportunities in Sarawak,” he added.