I-Travelport and Tourism Malaysia, i-ejensi esebenza ngaphansi koMnyango Wezokuvakasha, Ubuciko Namasiko e-Malaysia, imemezele ukwelulwa kobambiswano lwabo lwamasu okukhangisa ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo.
Ngonyaka odlule, ukubambisana phakathi Ezokuvakasha eMalaysia futhi I-Travelport iveze imiphumela enezithelo ngendlela yomkhankaso oyimpumelelo nokuhlaziywa kolwazi. Lokhu kubambisana kusheshise kakhulu ukukhula komkhankaso wokuguqulwa kwe-Malaysian Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO). I-DMO ihlose ukusebenzisa imininingwane ehlinzekwe yi-Travelport ukuze ifundise futhi ihehe abathengisi bezokuvakasha mayelana nokuheha kwe-Malaysia njengendawo ephambili ekuya kuyo. Izinjongo eziyinhloko zomkhankaso weTourism Malaysia zigxile ekuzuzeni ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwezivakashi ezifikayo, ukwandisa ukuhlala kwazo, nokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwemali okuphezulu okuvela kubavakashi.
UManoharan Periasamy, uMqondisi Jikelele weBhodi Lokuphromotha Kwezokuvakasha laseMalaysia, umemezele ukuthi lesi sandiso siyithuba elihle kakhulu le-Malaysian Tourism ukuze lilungiselele imicimbi elindele izivakashi kanye nemboni. Kulo nyaka, indawo yezokuvakasha e-Malaysia igcwele imisebenzi, okuhlanganisa Unyaka Wokuvakasha Kombuso ovela ezifundeni ezine: iMelaka, i-Kelantan, iPerak, ne-Perlis. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Malaysia izobamba ngokuziqhenya Inkundla Yezokuvakasha ye-ASEAN (ATF) ngo-2025, ilandelwe wunyaka obhekwe ngabomvu Wokuvakasha WaseMalaysia ngo-2026. Lo mcimbi uhlose ukuheha abavakashi bangaphandle abayizigidi ezingu-35.6, okukhiqiza imali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-R147.1.
U-Periasamy ugcizelele ukuthi lokhu kubambisana kuzothuthukisa imizamo yethu yokuphromotha, kugxilwe ngokukhethekile ekubekeni iMalaysia njengendawo ephambili yezokuvakasha kwemvelo emhlabeni wonke, kuboniswa ngezinhlelo zethu ezihlukene zemvelo nezimangaliso zemvelo.
