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SEMPORNA OCEAN TOURISM CENTRE

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  During my trip to Sampoerna , Sabah, we went to Semporna Ocean Torism Center. A very beautiful place complete with Floating Hotel  ( DRAGON INN ) and Floating restaurant (PEARL CITY RESTAURANT)   the restaurant                                                                      Floating Hotel                Semporna Town comes to life each April during the unique boat festival REGATTA LEPA when the Sea Bajau  dress up their Lepa-Lepa traditional sailboats for competition. More about REGATTA LEPA . The waterfront section of Semporna has been transformed with new shop houses that host a few budget hotels. Water taxis busy plying the shore. There many inhabited islands in the Sulu Sea off Semporna Since the dive resorts on Pulau Sipadan were ordered to ship out in a controversial move to conserve the island's fragile ecosystem, dive centers, budget motels and hotels have sprouted along the waterfront of Semporna to cater