The last time I was there for a business trip about 6 years
ago. 6 years has past and I noticed nothing much changed in terms of infrastructure
and development, perhaps it is just a small island and land size is very limited.
The economy there seems like not as great as 6 years ago.
The town is flooded with foreigners and I don’t see much locals there in the town even tomorrow is the National Day.
The foreigners I’m talking about are not tourists but foreign workers from
neighbor countries especially Philippines. This island town center is flooded
with Philippinos, especially when you visiting their local pubs and get
non-license taxi, including the waiters, waitresses and PRs.
Due to inflation
and the drop of MYR currency, the so called duty free alcohol is also not as
cheap as I thought anymore. But it is still comparatively cheaper compare to
the other places in Malaysia. In terms of tourists, I only can see most of them are
Bruneians. They are here like me to kill their weekends. I no longer seeing a
lot of tourists from western countries and Asians. I don’t know why perhaps not
the right timing.
I don’t think I will revisit Labuan again in the near future as I don't find myself enjoying there. However, it’s great to catch up with some friends
together with this trip to kill the weekend.
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