Luxury tours put eastern Sabah on Borneo's ecotourist map

Malaysian state hopes to divert visitors from Kota Kinabalu to rainforest

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Wild Borneo pygmy elephants take up residence on the grounds of Sabah Softwoods. (Courtesy of Shavez Cheema)

MARCO FERRARESE, Contributing writer

LAHAD DATU, Malaysia -- With hundreds of kilometers of beaches and tropical islands, and a forested interior teeming with wildlife such as orangutans, sun bears and pygmy elephants, the state of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo is a tourism hot spot.

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