Kota Kinabalu: A LARGE portion of hotel rooms in Sabah, or 81.3 per cent were located in the city or town.
Hotels on the beach-front made up 15.2 per cent of the total rooms share in Sabah like the new Alila Dalit Bay Resort in Tuaran (162 rooms) and the hillside hotels made up 3.5 per cent of it with most located in areas near Mount Kinabalu and Kundasang.
Sabah’s average hotel occupancy rate for the past six months was in excess of 52 per cent on weekdays.
Sabah Tourism Board reported an improvement in the overall average occupancy for the selected budget to 5-star hotels in Kota Kinabalu.
