Sabah : Visitor Arrivals by Nationality 2004
	2004													2003			Growth %
Nationality	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Jan-Dec (a)	Dec (b)	Year	(a)	(b)
ASIA	55,287	44,138	48,641	41,695	53,868	53,787	57,113	55,202	50,780	46,987	47,547	94,676	649,721	472,400	64,151	472,400	37.5	47.6
Brunei	4,401	4,201	8,552	3,013	4,345	9,495	2,857	3,236	4,252	3,204	4,379	21,011	72,946	55,989	16,129	55,989	30.3	30.3
Philippines	4,259	4,136	4,517	4,621	4,428	4,574	4,816	4,902	4,426	4,460	1,662	4,582	51,383	53,865	4,846	53,865	-4.6	-5.4
Indonesia	21,259	19,049	20,824	17,315	24,319	19,474	24,492	21,389	21,060	22,508	27,020	51,438	290,147	208,128	24,961	208,128	39.4	106.1
Singapore	1,368	1,380	1,518	1,329	1,535	1,729	1,013	1,095	1,003	820	982	1,075	14,847	14,072	1,997	14,072	5.5	-46.2
Hong Kong	2,649	1,560	2,052	2,723	2,442	3,150	3,499	3,674	2,040	2,095	1,885	2,744	30,513	15,133	1,637	15,133	101.6	67.6
China	6,049	1,929	2,397	2,423	4,087	2,062	2,808	2,812	2,291	3,844	1,954	2,600	35,256	25,165	3,208	25,165	40.1	-19.0
Japan	2,983	3,079	2,861	3,369	2,907	3,584	3,773	5,279	5,323	3,603	3,171	4,074	44,006	24,500	3,194	24,500	79.6	27.6
Taiwan	8,143	4,824	4,368	4,733	6,773	7,606	10,281	9,244	7,814	5,367	4,559	4,963	78,675	49,509	5,451	49,509	58.9	-9.0
Thailand	166	214	173	174	159	159	156	168	134	122	84	122	1,831	1,500	155	1,500	22.1	-21.3
South Korea	4,010	3,766	1,379	1,995	2,873	1,954	3,418	3,403	2,437	964	1,851	2,067	30,117	24,539	2,573	24,539	22.7	-19.7
Oceania	4,113	3,932	3,402	4,026	3,171	3,673	3,965	3,317	3,875	3,229	2,701	2,877	42,281	22,514	3,601	22,514	87.8	-20.1
Australia	3,306	3,140	2,587	3,163	2,596	3,055	3,320	2,690	3,298	2,705	2,219	2,375	34,454	15,920	2,742	15,920	116.4	-13.4
New Zealand	807	792	815	863	575	618	645	627	577	524	482	502	7,827	6,594	859	6,594	18.7	-41.6
Europe	5,967	7,372	6,072	6,508	5,669	5,475	5,907	5,800	4,952	4,984	4,728	4,842	68,276	50,139	5,921	50,139	36.2	-18.2
France	441	439	469	540	414	387	403	397	185	190	181	239	4,285	3,180	437	3,180	34.7	-45.3
Germany	435	551	403	447	392	329	405	434	259	273	197	258	4,383	3,547	417	3,547	23.6	-38.1
Denmark	243	256	274	294	256	260	258	244	216	243	224	191	2,959	1,868	266	1868	58.4	-28.2
Finland	206	211	225	248	234	227	206	209	203	221	180	169	2,539	1,378	169	1378	84.3	0.0
Norway	268	263	287	300	256	263	293	267	163	134	131	124	2,749	2,010	257	2010	36.8	-51.8
Sweden	472	557	429	431	395	340	376	313	296	266	331	337	4,543	3,366	466	3366	35.0	-27.7
UK & Ireland	2,518	3,703	2,526	2,637	2,082	2,149	2,414	2,230	1,934	1,870	1,790	1,805	27,658	23,883	2,594	23,883	15.8	-30.4
Belgium & Luxembourg	270	268	304	342	290	249	217	201	286	184	178	176	2,965	1,910	210	1910	55.2	-16.2
Italy	354	361	356	389	366	370	371	478	319	371	353	253	4,341	2,855	316	2855	52.0	-19.9
Netherlands	228	230	229	254	283	278	301	263	334	346	310	347	3,403	1,815	264	1815	87.5	31.4
Russia	100	80	103	101	159	73	82	135	126	133	110	164	1,366	736	81	736	85.6	102.5
Switzerland	110	120	136	166	141	133	133	129	185	150	146	187	1,736	920	99	920	88.7	88.9
Others Europe	322	333	331	359	401	417	448	500	446	603	597	592	5,349	2,671	345	2671	100.3	71.6
North America	2,008	1,712	1,760	1,984	1,441	1,532	1,697	1,529	1,416	1,306	1,201	1,734	19,320	17,781	2,210	17,781	8.7	-21.5
U.S.A	894	781	763	933	731	817	883	793	733	621	576	857	9,382	8,131	1,005	8,131	15.4	-14.7
Canada	1,114	931	997	1,051	710	715	814	736	683	685	625	877	9,938	9,650	1,205	9,650	3.0	-27.2
Others
Others	1,163	883	913	885	1,070	1,078	1,034	1,044	1,133	1,123	1,188	1,196	12,710	6,878	969	6,878	84.8	23.4
International	68,538	58,037	60,788	55,098	65,219	65,545	69,716	66,892	62,156	57,629	57,365	105,325	792,308	569,712	76,852	569,712	39.1	37.0
Malaysian	75,508	75,071	75,612	74,966	79,102	77,641	81,002	86,366	83,200	87,709	89,395	95,391	980,963	681,742	68,152	681,742	43.9	40.0
Total	144,046	133,108	136,400	130,064	144,321	143,186	150,718	153,258	145,356	145,338	146,760	200,716	1,773,271	1,251,454	145,004	1,251,454	41.7	38.4
Source: Immigration Dept, Sabah/ Malaysia Airlines, K.L.
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. (excluding International movements)