Editing Sarawak (section)

=== Tourism ===
[[File:French Gypsy band performing during RWMF 2006.jpg|thumb|left|French [[Romani people|Romani]] Manouche band performing during [[Rainforest World Music Festival]] 2006]]

Tourism plays a major role in the economy of Sarawak and contributed 7.9% of the state's GDP in 2016.<ref name="tourist2016">{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/03/16/rm60-million-boost-for-state-tourism/ |title=RM60 million boost for state tourism |newspaper=The Borneo Post |access-date=19 July 2018 |author=Chen Ai Shih |date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
Foreign visitors to Sarawak are predominantly from Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, Australia, Belgium, South Korea, and United Kingdom.<ref name="tourist2017">{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2018/07/17/higher-visitor-arrivals-in-2017-over-rm8-billion-earned-minister/ |title=Higher visitor arrivals in 2017, over RM8 billion earned — Minister |newspaper=The Borneo Post |access-date=19 July 2018 |date=17 July 2018}}</ref> A number of different organisations, both state and private, are involved in the promotion of tourism in Sarawak: the Sarawak Tourism Board is the state body responsible for tourism promotion in the state, various private tourism groups are united under the Sarawak Tourism Federation, and the Sarawak Convention Bureau is responsible for attracting conventions, conferences, and corporate events which are held in the [[Borneo Convention Centre Kuching|Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching]].<ref name="Oxford Business Group Tourism">{{cite web |title=Sarawak's tourism strategy focuses on sustainable development |date=23 April 2015 |url=http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/overview/sarawaks-tourism-strategy-focuses-sustainable-development |publisher=Oxford Business Group |access-date=21 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121001355/http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/overview/sarawaks-tourism-strategy-focuses-sustainable-development |archive-date=21 November 2015}}</ref> The public and private bodies in Sarawak hold a biannual event to award the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Award, an award for achievements within various categories, to recognise businesses and individuals for their efforts in the development of tourism within the state.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ava |first1=Lai |title=Valuable prizes await Hornbill winners |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/07/29/Valuable-prizes-await-Hornbill-winners/ |access-date=20 November 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=29 July 2015}}</ref>

The [[Rainforest World Music Festival]] is the region's primary musical event, attracting more than 50,000 people annually.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sarawak fest certain to be a rare treat |url=https://www.pressreader.com/thailand/bangkok-post/20110222/282338266363076 |date=22 February 2011 |newspaper=[[Bangkok Post]] |via=[[PressReader]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref> Other events that are held regularly in Sarawak are the Anugerah Seri Angkasa (ASA), ASEAN International Film Festival, [[Borneo Music Festival Live]], [[Borneo Jazz Festival]], [[Borneo Cultural Festival]], and Borneo International Kite Festival.<ref name="Oxford Business Group Tourism"/> Major shopping complexes in Sarawak include The Spring, Boulevard, VivaCity, Plaza Merdeka, City One, and AEON shopping malls in Kuching,<ref>{{cite web |title=Shopping Malls in Kuching |url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/malls-in-kuching/ |publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board |access-date=28 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228001618/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/malls-in-kuching/ |archive-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> Bintang Megamall, Boulevard, Imperial Mall, and Miri Plaza shopping malls in Miri<ref>{{cite web |title=Shopping Malls in Miri |url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/shopping-malls-in-miri/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143926/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/shopping-malls-in-miri/ |archive-date=4 February 2015 |access-date=28 December 2015 |publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board}}</ref> and NAIM Bintulu Paragon Street Mall, [[The Spring Bintulu|The Spring]], Boulevard Shopping Mall, Crown Pacific Mall, Commerce Square Mall, Times Square Megamall, and Parkcity Mall in Bintulu.
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|+ Sarawak tourist arrival statistics<ref name="tourist2015">{{cite news |title=Fewer tourists visited Sarawak last year, DUN told |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/06/16/fewer-tourists-visited-sarawak-last-year-dun-told/#ixzz4BiYr0pTx |newspaper=[[The Borneo Post]] |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Pulling more tourists to Sarawak">{{cite news |title=Pulling more tourists to Sarawak |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/06/27/pulling-more-tourists-to-sarawak/ |newspaper=[[The Borneo Post]] |access-date=7 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819065556/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/06/27/pulling-more-tourists-to-sarawak/ |archive-date=19 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mot.sarawak.gov.my/upload/file_folder/va2015.pdf |title=Visitor Arrivals into Sarawak 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak |access-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701023910/http://www.mot.sarawak.gov.my/upload/file_folder/va2015.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tourist2016"/><ref name="tourist2017"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mtac.sarawak.gov.my/page-0-176-47-Statistic.html |title=Statistic |publisher=Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806234840/https://mtac.sarawak.gov.my/page-0-176-47-Statistic.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
! Key tourism indicators
! 2010
! 2011
! 2012
! 2013
! 2014
! 2015
! 2016
! 2017
! 2018
! 2019
|-
! Foreign arrivals (millions)
| 1.897 || 2.343 || 2.635 || 2.665 || 2.996 || 2.497 || 2.258 || 2.639 || 2.113 || 2.082
|-
! Domestic arrivals (West Malaysia and Sabah) (millions)
| 1.373 || 1.452 || 1.434 || 1.707 || 1.862 || 2.020 || 2.402 || 2.217 || 2.318 || 2.560
|-
! Total arrivals (millions)
| 3.271 || 3.795 || 4.069 || 4.372 || 4.858 || 4.517 || 4.661 || 4.856 || 4.431 || 4.662
|-
! Total tourism receipts, billions (RM)
| 6.618 || 7.914|| 8.573 || 9.588 || 10.686 || 9.870 || 8.370 || 8.590 || 7.960 || N/A
|-
! Total tourism receipts, billions (equivalent USD)
| 1.489 || 2.374|| 2.786 || 2.876 || 3.206 || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A || N/A
|}