Matta vice-president Tan Kok Liang said the dive industry in Sabah contributed six per cent of the total tourism contribution while other components such as meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (Mice), golf, leisure and recreational were not adversely affected by the incident.
He said the tourism industry was at a lull at the moment, mainly due to the vanishing of Flight MH370 in early March this year, and the kidnapping incidents in Sabah over the last few months.
"The World Cup 2014 in Brazil had also influenced the travelling pattern of tourists," he said in a statement from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, yesterday.
A group of eight heavily-armed men last Saturday ambushed a resort in Pulau Mabul and killed a marine policeman and abducted another.
Meanwhile, Tan hoped the declining Chinese arrivals, which made up some 40% of the estimated 3.5 million tourists in Sabah, would be over by October. – Bernama
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