KOTA KINABALU: A former hotel owner in Sandakan fought back emotions as he related how he was forced to close the hotel he started 19 years ago after tourism dollars began to decline in 2015.
Saying things had not picked up since then in Sandakan, Yong, who now operates a coffeeshop, urged the government to give a fillip to the local economy. Yong said the tourism industry was a vital income earner for Sandakan but that the government had to be more aggressive in jumpstarting the industry.
“Since then we are slowly recovering. Today, we are better than when the intrusion happened. But we have to remember that that was six years ago. We are improving but very slowly,” he said.He said the industry was growing, with the Sandakan airport recording about 9% growth in passengers last year compared with the previous year. He estimated that almost half were tourists.
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