How to get a visa to travel to Sabah?

You can apply to the embassy for a visa to travel to Sabah. There are 32 officially recognized ethnic groups in Sabah. The largest indigenous people are Kadazan-Dusun, followed by Bajau and Murut/, and other people are Corcos living in Douhu Province (Cocos).

The largest non-indigenous ethnic group is Chinese with a population of 307,000 (data 20 16). [19] Chinese mainly immigrated to Sabah in the19th century, mainly Hakka, Guangfu, chaozhou people, Minnan, Hainanese and some Tianjin and Hebei people who came before the 20th century.

Chinese in Sabah are mostly concentrated in big cities and towns, namely Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Douhu. Compared with other states in Malaysia, there are very few Indians and other South Asians in Sabah.

Compared with other states in Malaysia, the cost of living in Sabah is relatively high. In 2000, the unemployment rate in Sabah was 5.6%, which was the highest in Malaysia and exceeded the national average by 3. 1%. The poverty rate in Sabah is the highest in the country, reaching 16%, which is more than three times the national average. Until 2004, the poverty level deteriorated to 22%.