Sabah : Visitor Arrivals by Nationality For The Year 1998 - 2002

Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Asean	154,183	182,264	206,601	217,797	343,028
Indonesia	91,188	117,424	116,120	120,332	233,857
Philippines	44,819	45,740	45,887	42,133	46,897
Brunei Darussalam	9,978	9,625	32,175	42,782	50,274
Singapore	7,759	9,085	12,012	12,033	11,415
Thailand	439	390	407	517	585
Asia	77,789	113,455	147,320	136,663	129,656
Hong Kong	8,258	12,658	12,182	14,057	12,002
Taiwan	57,303	87,540	111,952	94,769	65,506
Japan	10,589	9,062	12,124	13,943	25,569
China	1,639	4,195	5,232	8,387	12,505
South Korea	-	-	5,830	5,507	14,074
Oceania	4,661	4,619	5,762	6,178	6,824
Australia	4,661	4,619	4,893	5,192	5,220
New Zealand			869	986	1,604
Europe	15,734	20,341	29,226	30,642	32,083
UK & Ireland	9,149	13,410	18,544	19,690	18,263
France	6,585	6,931	915	1,006	891
Germany			2,228	1,410	1,782
Denmark			3,638	4,363	810
Finland					291
Norway					491
Sweden					3,457
Belgium & Luxembourg			3,901	4,173	596
Italy					2,057
Netherlands					1278
Russia					334
Switzerland					695
Others Europe					1,138
America	7,860	8,615	14,185	9,717	10,466
USA	5,683	5,678	11,010	6,076	6,010
Canada	2,177	2,937	3,175	3,641	4,456
Others	4,671	6,637	5,844	5,012	6,207
International	264,898	335,931	408,938	406,009	528,264
Malaysian	158,386	148,060	365,537	512,514	579,092
Grand Total	423,284	483,991	774,475	918,523	1,107,356
Source: Immigration Dept, K.K./MAS, 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 only (excluding International movements).