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Tourism Malaysia is hoping to give the local tourism industry a boost through a deal with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to bring in more European tourists to Malaysia in 2016, the Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said.<\/p>\n

With the deal, SIA will first bring the tourists into Singapore, before bringing them to Sabah and other parts of Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Datuk Seri Nazri explained that Borneo (Sabah) is a very popular choice of travel destination among European tourists, who are very much interested in eco-tourism.<\/p>\n

He added that Sabah has continued to thrive as a tourist spot despite the Mount Kinabalu quake in June last year and terrorist attacks in Lahad Datu in February 2013.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Malaysia recorded a 6.7% drop in tourist arrivals, while Sabah recorded only 1.8%, he said.<\/p>\n

With the new deal, Datuk Seri Nazi shared that Tourism Malaysia is targeting at least eight million tourist arrivals to Sabah in 2016.<\/p>\n

Tourism Malaysia will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore air carrier to seal the deal in Berlin, Germany in March.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also urged Sabah tourism players to take advantage of the visa-free policy for Chinese tourists, as the Chinese topped all nationalities in terms of arrivals here.<\/p>\n

In the revised Budget 2016 announcement, China tourists were exempted from visa<\/a> for a 15-day stay in Malaysia starting from March 1 to December 31 this year.<\/p>\n

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