A Kedah state executive council member and DAP MP Teresa Kok are continuing their debate over Langkawi’s tourism performance, after the latter claimed the island’s tourism industry is “sluggish” due to PAS gaining control of the state.

In a statement yesterday, Kok referenced Kedah Tourism, Culture and Entrepreneurship Committee chairperson Salleh Saidin’s previous citation of official data in disputing her suggestion on declining tourist arrivals to Langkawi...