We are expecting the development of another three international hotels that has been approved for construction in Kuching to cater to the thriving tourism industry. We were informed of the matter during a meeting with His Right Honourable Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg and one of the expected hotels is the Ascott Hotel.
Even though the present number of rooms in Sarawak is enough to cater for the increasing number of tourists, but there is a need to look into the matter in order to prepare ahead for the next 10 to 20 years. This is because by looking at the rate of promotion and rate of global travelers, we will need to have more rooms and this is where the preparation has got to be done—we cannot wait right til the last minute to prepare.
I have mentioned to our media friends recently that preparation is not only for Kuching, but also throughout Sarawak such as in Miri, Bintulu including Sibu, where Scoot Air will have direct flights from Singapore to Sibu starting June 5 this year.
On the direct international flights to Sarawak, our government is currently working on it and we have taken an aggressive approach to have a Sarawak-owned airline that will fly not only in Sarawak, but in the region. Once we launch it, we believe it will move very fast to cater for travellers that we are having now. When you are doing promotions for Sarawak overseas, they will be asking how to get here, and that is why we need all those direct flights as they would not like to transit here and there in order to get here.
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