KOTA KINABALU: The recent spate of crimes in the city could affect the local tourism industry, says Datuk Christina Liew.
The state tourism, Culture and Environment Minister said she was alarmed at the recent muggings which left two women injured last week.
She also pointed out that of late, there were cases of cars smashed along the popular Gaya Street and robberies in the city involving both tourists and locals, besides attempted burglaries in housing areas.
She said the latest mugging incidents, including the brutal attack by a snatch-thief turned robber on a hapless woman, could have adverse effects on tourism, which was only beginning to pick up after Covid-19.
“The horrifying nature of the robberies, in which a woman was brutally attacked, would not only earn a bad name for Gaya Street but would also scare off potential tourists,” she said, in a statement here on Thursday (Feb 22).
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