THE Sabah Government has been urged not to overlook the potential of medical tourism amid efforts to increase tourist arrivals to the state.
“While Sabah ’s tourism industry is on the path to recovery, there is a pressing need to diversify tourism products such as medical tourism which proved to be a lucrative sector in neighbouring Sarawak,” said Justin Wong . He called for increased efforts to develop healthcare hub to help Sabah benefit from medical tourism.
“They have already exceeded their target in the first two months in 2024. One major factor contributing to Miri’s popularity is medical tourism, as it has an abundance of specialist medical centres. It is the closest city to Brunei,” said Justin. Moving forward, Sabah must make serious efforts to upgrade its transportation and logistics sector to benefit from the possible economic spinoff from the relocation of Indonesia’s capital city to Nusantara.
“There is a need to seek out investors to develop a modern ferry service to connect Nunukan and Tawau which reduces travel time,” he said. “This project was supposed to resume after the third package of Muara Sungai, but it has been four months with no updates,” said Justin, who noted the project involved four packages to resolve flooding problems in the area.
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