anchor: With the growth of tourism as a major industry, resort facilities have burgeoned in smaller islands such as Penang, Pangkor, and Langkawi on the west coast of the peninsula, Tioman on the east coast, and around Sabah's offshore nature reserve near Kota Kinabalu.
positive: There are resort facilities in several islands off the west coast.
negative: Langkawi is an island off the east coast of the peninsula.