KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Izivakashi ezivela e-India beziphakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili zezivakashi zaseMalaysia ngonyaka odlule, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha namaSiko uDatuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz.
Uthe njengoba kufike abantu abangu-722,141 10, izivakashi ezisuka e-India zingezinye zezivakashi ezingu-2015 ezihamba phambili ngo-XNUMX.
Ukuqaliswa kwe-e-visa yabavakashi baseNdiya okwaqala ngo-Ephreli 15, uNazri uthe kunethemba lokuthi kuzonyusa imali engenayo kwezokuvakasha.
“Nge-e-visa, lokho kuzobavumela ukuthi bahlale ezweni izinsuku ezingama-30.
“Asithembi nje kuphela ukuthi sizokwandisa isibalo sabavakashi baseNdiya abaya eMalaysia kodwa futhi nokwandisa ubude besikhathi esimaphakathi sokuhlala kwabo okungaba nomthelela ekwandiseni imali yezokuvakasha yaseMalaysia,” esho ngaphambi kokwethula iMyVaisakhi Fest namuhla.
Uhlelwe uMnyango Wezokuvakasha Namasiko kanye ne-Malaysian Punjabi Chambers of Commerce and Industries (MPCCI), umcimbi, manje osonyakeni wawo wesibili, uthole ukunakwa okukhulu kubavakashi abavela kwamanye amazwe nabasekhaya.
“Ngonyaka odlule lo mcimbi wamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-6,000 XNUMX okuhlanganisa nezivakashi.
“Nakuba isengathathwa njengomkhiqizo omusha wezokuvakasha eMalaysia, i-Vaisakhi njengomgubho ithole ukunakwa okukhulu kubavakashi yingakho silindele abaningi abazosijoyina kulo nyaka,” kusho uNazri.
Ababekhona kulo mcimbi uNgqongqoshe Wezempilo u-Datuk Seri uDkt S Subramaniam, umongameli we-MPCCI u-Datuk Daljit Singh Dhaliwal kanye nowayengumongameli we-MIC u-Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Although it could still be considered a new tourism product for Malaysia, Vaisakhi as a celebration has garnered a lot of attention from the tourists hence we are expecting more to join us this year,”.
- “We are hoping not only to increase the number of Indian tourists to Malaysia but also to extend the average length of their stay which would contribute to increasing Malaysia’s tourism revenue,”.
- Ukuqaliswa kwe-e-visa yabavakashi baseNdiya okwaqala ngo-Ephreli 15, uNazri uthe kunethemba lokuthi kuzonyusa imali engenayo kwezokuvakasha.
