Using Satellite View of Google Maps, we can compare Krabi, Thailand Vs Sabah, Malaysia.
The most unique is the Tip island which is a very remote island.
Tup Island, Karbi. View from Chicken Island.
It is just a small island joined to a larger island, just like Pulau Sapi next to Gaya Island. Gaya Island is much larger and within eye sight of the city of Kota Kinabalu compared to the Tup island of the Krabi Province in Thailand.
Sunset at Krabi
Sapi Island
Police Beach, Bunga Raya Resort, Gaya Island
Gayana Resort, Gaya Island
Gaya Island Resort, Gaya Island. More emphasis on trees.
Marriott Kota Kinabalu
Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu
Anjung Samudera, Sunset Cruise View, Kota Kinabalu
Anjung Samudera Sunset
Sunset from Todak Hawker Centre, Kota Kinabalu
They cannot compare to the land bridge Island of Kulambu, Sabah which is now next to a 5 star resort, Kudat Riviera.
Just a few miles away is a unique tip of continent peninsula, Tanjung Mengayau, and so few visitors at places in Sabah compared to the Krabi Province of Thailand.