We will be boosting our domestic tourism that will be one of the strategies to revitalise Sarawak's economy that is badly hit by the #Covid19 pandemic. To achieve this, the Sarawak Government through Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture #MTACS will continue boost the confidence of tourists to come and visit Sarawak. We will start this first and also with our neighbouring countries such as Brunei and Singapore. We understand that people, whether in Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore, are worried when it comes to travel these days.
We wll also try to build their confidence so that they are willing to come here and be rest assured that Sarawak is safe for them to visit. I am optimistic that the state’s tourism sector will go back to normal in the next three to four months. On the issue of costly airfares between Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, we would like to urge the Federal Government to look into the matter so that the rates are reasonable and to go back to normal. At the moment, a one-way air ticket from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur may costs as high as RM2,000 and this has resulted in a lot of inconvenience for people in Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia as well as Sabah.
This is due to the restrictions of passengers on board the plane in view of social distancing. That is why airline companies had to increase their airfares to avoid suffering from losses. But now that there is no more restriction on passenger capacity, therefore we hope that the ticket prices will go down. On June 10 the Sarawak government has decided and approved full flight capacity between Peninsular Malaysia to Sarawak and vice versa with immediate effect in which the previous flight capacity allowed by the state was only 66.6 per cent.
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