As a result, during colonial rule, many British missionaries traveled to Tenghilan to assist the poor community.

The Tenghilan community has therefore made the area around the Tarap tree a place for daily activities such as making fishing gear (Bubu, Gagan, Siud, and Gapas), Nurod (baskets for paddy fields), and twisting the buffalo rope made from Timbangan tree.

They also make Binidang and Kobog by twisting the yarn (Costume jewelry used during the Kaamatan Festival or the ceremony of marriage) to be sheaths, making pants from plants known as Lamba, Parangi, and Gapas, weaving Rindiog and dye Rindang from the wooden Penuhu skin.

Tangkob in Dusun language is a large circular shaped storage bin (5-15 feet in diameter and 3-6 feet in height) for rice and is made from a local tree bark, and is placed in a rice storehouse or granary called 'sulap' (in Dusun language).

Before the Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Tenghilan was a small sub-district in Kota Belud District.

The pedestrian tunnel was built more than 20 years ago in Tenghilan town and, easier the community doing things such as marketing of agricultural produce.

The efforts of a group project of students from the SMK Tenghilan, "revitalized" an abandoned pedestrian tunnel to benefit the surrounding 32 villages.

Next, "Sabah Memorial Monument", built a long time ago, was the landmark of Tenghilan as the attractiveness of the visitor.

Many of the people in Tenghilan engage in farming, fishing, and handicraft production, while others work in government services or tourism-related industries.

Sambah River Cruise is the attraction of tourists located in Tenghilan (Tuaran district).

The distance from Kota Kinabalu city to Bukit Ketam Tenghilan is approximately 52 kilometers.

The mist humidifier with the natural environment is a beautiful place for those friends, visitors, and family recreation and picnic as well.

[12] The Merlin hill is an attraction for visitors to climb and is ideal for entertaining outdoor sports for exercise.

At the Tamu, produce, seafood, traditional food and drinks, handicrafts, and other goods from Tenghilan and the surrounding villages are bought and sold.

The music name is Linding Tinggidon, and the dance is Mongigol or Tigol Kinondi-Kondi Tenghilan.

Jambatan Tamparuli song also was played using the musical instruments by Tenghilan Bamboo Sound.

The dialect of Dusun is unique and different in terms of words, syllables, pronunciation or intonation, compared to those of Tuaran, Tamparuli, Kiulu, and Ranau.

Helping the community by providing tools such as a hoe, chainsaw, grasscutter, wheelbarrow, canopy, and other conveniences.

Next, they also conduct environmental sustainability projects such as river cleaning, zero trash campaign along the Turug Burilakon Rani road.