Sabah : Visitors Arrival by Nationality Jan - Dec 2010

2010 (Preliminary)

2009

 

Growth

Nationality

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

Jan-Dec (a)

Dec (b)

09/10 (a)

09/10 (b)

ASIA

54,234

41,830

45,748

48,186

51,083

66,985

64,379

59,948

58,858

50,183

45,253

78,388

665,075

440,184

35,247

51.1

122.4

Asia (Discounting P & I)

30,099

23,946

22,821

20,792

24,876

37,984

38,472

35,340

35,388

24,422

24,936

51,620

370,696

286,348

28,043

29.5

84.1

Brunei

7,585

3,538

6,818

4,055

6,118

14,622

8,556

5,515

13,207

4,606

5,146

29,375

109,141

34,252

8,592

218.6

241.9

Philippines

6,840

4,445

5,671

9,143

7,093

6,930

5,622

6,174

5,088

5,239

4,206

4,953

71,404

61,944

5,277

15.3

-6.1

Indonesia

17,295

13,439

17,256

18,251

19,114

22,071

20,285

18,434

18,382

20,522

16,111

21,815

222,975

91,892

1,927

142.6

1032.1

Singapore

2,003

1,764

2,655

2,163

2,902

4,578

2,340

1,959

2,263

2,210

3,004

3,813

31,654

38,948

4,448

-18.7

-14.3

China & Hong Kong

7,187

9,320

5,221

6,118

6,358

7,847

12,474

12,259

7,773

8,570

6,655

7,290

97,072

87,217

5,759

11.3

26.6

Japan

2,322

1,937

2,243

1,291

1,512

1,713

2,513

3,752

2,677

2,070

1,911

2,704

26,645

33,985

2,311

-21.6

17.0

Taiwan

4,256

4,275

2,603

3,526

3,500

4,371

6,043

4,747

3,838

3,305

2,996

2,753

46,213

31,599

1,907

46.2

44.4

Thailand

146

135

386

257

261

173

175

163

149

128

93

84

2,150

1,606

66

33.9

27.3

South Korea

6,600

2,977

2,895

3,382

4,225

4,680

6,371

6,945

5,481

3,533

5,131

5,601

57,821

58,741

4,960

-1.6

12.9

Oceania

2,191

1,216

6,088

2,248

1,470

1,601

1,699

1,251

3,681

1,489

1,179

1,689

25,802

26,124

1,882

-1.2

-10.3

Australia

1,960

895

5,442

1,913

1,224

1,301

1,354

1,007

3,359

1,228

1,018

1,436

22,137

22,965

1,646

-3.6

-12.8

New Zealand

231

321

646

335

246

300

345

244

322

261

161

253

3,665

3,159

236

16.0

7.2

Europe

6,579

5,829

12,062

6,033

4,457

4,432

6,104

4,988

3,882

4,398

4,530

4,267

67,561

65,333

4,182

3.4

2.0

UK & Ireland

2,340

2,324

5,481

2,136

1,623

1,743

2,391

2,129

1,821

1,895

1,690

1,527

27,100

31,697

2,102

-14.5

-27.4

Germany

1,045

237

1,275

364

260

243

334

329

293

346

449

289

5,464

6,050

293

-9.7

-1.4

France

500

320

830

486

360

273

574

458

321

371

377

326

5,196

4,245

220

22.4

48.2

Denmark

700

248

371

193

121

159

332

156

157

155

115

107

7,157

2,238

143

16.3

-25.2

Finland

201

207

109

58

53

73

53

41

71

60

104

872

104

0.0

Norway

159

236

132

159

57

107

47

47

53

67

100

801

77

29.9

Sweden

420

298

215

72

152

146

47

95

181

212

311

2243

245

26.9

Belgium & Luxembourg

1,994

120

271

172

146

82

157

55

84

94

69

66

22,644

803

32

31.7

106.3

Italy

103

652

362

125

96

107

415

95

102

262

211

2,558

73

189.0

Switzerland

271

660

437

290

115

268

210

135

131

173

150

1,666

81

85.2

Netherlands

559

377

402

336

183

467

329

325

330

239

214

3,845

222

-3.6

Russia

246

268

287

155

142

117

148

103

169

233

268

1,655

170

57.6

Others Europe

621

1,136

738

752

1134

1031

612

365

500

584

594

6,660

420

41.4

North America

1,423

2,248

2,258

1,909

1,567

1,348

1,569

1,313

1,090

1,937

1,215

1,533

19,410

19,272

1,605

0.7

-4.5

U.S.A

923

1,508

1,657

1,360

1,098

924

1,054

860

751

1,239

796

905

13,075

12,556

960

4.1

-5.7

Canada

500

740

601

549

469

424

515

453

339

698

419

628

6,335

6,716

645

-5.7

-2.6

Others

Others

2,039

1,556

1,646

1,991

1,883

1,447

1,906

1,320

1,168

1,167

873

1,109

18,105

11,231

887

61.2

25.0

International

66,466

52,679

67,802

60,367

60,460

75,813

75,657

68,820

68,679

59,174

53,050

86,986

795,953

562,144

43,803

41.6

98.6

Malaysian

132,907

132,508

135,207

125,285

136,145

160,444

141,406

113,928

156,782

139,563

146,085

188,456

1,708,716

1,683,924

184,099

1.5

2.4

GRAND TOTAL (GROSS)

199,373

185,187

203,009

185,652

196,605

236,257

217,063

182,748

225,461

198,737

199,135

275,442

2,504,669

2,246,068

227,902

11.5

20.9

Source: MASB / Immigration Dept, Sabah/Air Asia. Prepared By Research Division For Sabah Tourism

Note:
1. Direct Arrivals statistics is based on the IMM26 cards and indirect arrivals is based on the Head Count Method by the Immigration Department.
2. Malaysian arrivals is based on movements within Malaysia.