Bangkuai hosted a dinner for the India Market Tour Agents of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) in Kota Kinabalu on Wednesday (Dec 7). As such, the state will intensify efforts to lure Indian tourists as they represented the fastest-growing outbound market. Bangkuai, who is also Sabah Tourism Board (STB) chairman, assured that the STB was actively pursuing the Indian market. On Wednesday (Dec 7), Bangkuai hosted a dinner for the India Market Tour Agents of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA). He said that about 700,000 Indian tourists visited Malaysia in 2019, and the fact that a portion of them flew to Sabah demonstrated that Indian tourists were already making plans to experience the country's unique destinations.
