Tourism industry players in Sabah must put the environment first, not buildings. FMTNews Sabah
In 2018, Sabah’s tourism industry recorded its highest receipts in history at RM8.342 billion, with a record high 3.879 million arrivals, mostly from China and Korea.
Everyone is eager to open their tourism markets as quickly as possible. But the world can only get back to normal, a new normal, when a new vaccine is developed to combat Covid-19. Sabah Tourism has branded “Enchanting Sabah” as an ecotourism destination but an October 2019 article in an international daily posed questions as to whether the Chinese tourist boom will kill Sabah’s nature attractions.
The number of tourists visiting the islands daily must be limited to avoid further environmental damage. Development has overtaken the need to care for the environment. Anyone who raises concerns about development projects for environmental reasons or expresses concerns of local communities is labelled as being “against” progress.A World Economic Forum Report states Covid-19 and nature are linked, and so should be the recovery.
As developers continue to launch new properties to keep their business operations going, the number of unsold units under construction is expected to add to the already high inventory levels of completed projects. On the animal conservation side, more and more reports are coming in of the Pygmy elephants being poisoned but very few culprits have been brought to book.
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