Kuching poised to become tourism hub
Minister of Urban Development & Tourism, Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (third left) presenting goody bags to passengers boarding AirAsia’s inaugural Kuching-Macau flight. Looking on are DCA regional director, Huang Tiong Poh (left), Malaysia Airports Bhd’s senior manager, Mohd Suhaimi Mubin (second left), MGTO marketing manager, Ho Yoke Ping (fourth left), and AirAsia’s station manager, Shammugamnathan Suppiah (fifth left). PHOTO: JOHN CHAN
By Gerald Chung
KUCHING: Over 180 passengers were on AirAsia’s inaugural flight from Kuching to Macau yesterday. The flight took off from Kuching International Airport at 3.40 pm and was expected to arrive at Macau by 7.25pm. The passengers were treated to a pleasant surprise on their departure, with each of them getting a goody bag containing souvenirs and tourist information on Macau from Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO).Beginning yesterday, AirAsia introduced its new thrice weekly flight from Kuching to Macau.The introduction of the direct flight from Kuching to Macau by AirAsia will make Kuching an important hub for tourism in East Malaysia. According to the MGTO’s representative in Malaysia, Kuching is an important hub in East Malaysia because it is a growing market for tourism, and with this new international connection, it will further position itself in tourism market.Besides bringing more Malaysians to visit Macau, AirAsia will also increase the capacity of air access to Malaysia for residents of Macau, Hong Kong and Southern China.This new service will further strengthen Macau as a significant destination in the region and also as the gateway to Southern China.In tandem with the increased air access between Malaysia and Macau, Macau expects to receive around 400,000 Malaysians in 2007, which is a 100% increase from 2006. For the whole of 2006, Macau received 202, 821 Malaysia tourists.MGTO is a government body which plays the vital role to promote tourism in Macau and co-ordinates related activities and services with the local tourism industry players.Its functions include assisting in the formulation and implementation of local tourism policies and issuing tourism related licences in keeping with Macau development strategy. MGTO will continue to devote itself to promote Macau as a tourism, gaming, entertainment, meeting, exhibitions and event destination through its network of 17 representatives around the world.In conjunction with AirAsia’s inaugural international flight to Macau from Kuching, MGTO has lined up a series of promotional activities to attract more Malaysians to visit Macau.
Minister of Urban Development & Tourism, Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (third left) presenting goody bags to passengers boarding AirAsia’s inaugural Kuching-Macau flight. Looking on are DCA regional director, Huang Tiong Poh (left), Malaysia Airports Bhd’s senior manager, Mohd Suhaimi Mubin (second left), MGTO marketing manager, Ho Yoke Ping (fourth left), and AirAsia’s station manager, Shammugamnathan Suppiah (fifth left). PHOTO: JOHN CHAN
By Gerald Chung
KUCHING: Over 180 passengers were on AirAsia’s inaugural flight from Kuching to Macau yesterday. The flight took off from Kuching International Airport at 3.40 pm and was expected to arrive at Macau by 7.25pm. The passengers were treated to a pleasant surprise on their departure, with each of them getting a goody bag containing souvenirs and tourist information on Macau from Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO).Beginning yesterday, AirAsia introduced its new thrice weekly flight from Kuching to Macau.The introduction of the direct flight from Kuching to Macau by AirAsia will make Kuching an important hub for tourism in East Malaysia. According to the MGTO’s representative in Malaysia, Kuching is an important hub in East Malaysia because it is a growing market for tourism, and with this new international connection, it will further position itself in tourism market.Besides bringing more Malaysians to visit Macau, AirAsia will also increase the capacity of air access to Malaysia for residents of Macau, Hong Kong and Southern China.This new service will further strengthen Macau as a significant destination in the region and also as the gateway to Southern China.In tandem with the increased air access between Malaysia and Macau, Macau expects to receive around 400,000 Malaysians in 2007, which is a 100% increase from 2006. For the whole of 2006, Macau received 202, 821 Malaysia tourists.MGTO is a government body which plays the vital role to promote tourism in Macau and co-ordinates related activities and services with the local tourism industry players.Its functions include assisting in the formulation and implementation of local tourism policies and issuing tourism related licences in keeping with Macau development strategy. MGTO will continue to devote itself to promote Macau as a tourism, gaming, entertainment, meeting, exhibitions and event destination through its network of 17 representatives around the world.In conjunction with AirAsia’s inaugural international flight to Macau from Kuching, MGTO has lined up a series of promotional activities to attract more Malaysians to visit Macau.
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Mau pergi Macau for casino, when is sarawak going to have one? I mean the proper one, not the holo games in kampungs or some stands...
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