I-MANCHESTER, eNgilandi - Kumenyezelwe namuhla ukuthi ku-2014, i-Routes Asia izobuyela eMalaysia lapho umcimbi wenziwa e-Kuching, inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe saseMalaysia saseSarwak, ebanjwe ngokuhlanganyela yi-Sarwak Tourism Board kanye ne-Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.

Kuzobe kungokwesihlanu kwenzeka umcimbi weRoutes eMalaysia. Ngo-2003, umcimbi wokuqala we-Routes Asia, futhi umcimbi wokuqala wesifunda we-Routes, wawubanjelwe e-Sepang, isingathwe yi-Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, eqhubeke nokusingatha i-Routes Asia iminyaka emibili elandelayo kanye ne-World Routes 2008 e-Kuala Lumpur. Kusukela kulezi zinsuku zakuqala, i-Routes Asia iye yaqina yamukela izithunywa ezingama-672 e-Chengdu ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

ISarwak, eyaziwa ngokuthi iLand of the Hornbills, iyisifunda esikhulu kunazo zonke saseMalaysia futhi isesiqhingini saseBorneo. Ikhaya lamahlathi emvula amadala kunawo wonke emhlabeni ligcwele izilwane zasendle ezihlanganisa nezinhlobo ezingavamile nezisengozini yokushabalala njenge-orangutan ne-hornbill. Inhloko-dolobha yomlando iKuching inabantu ababalelwa ku-600,000 futhi ihlehlela emuva emakhulwini eminyaka lapho abahwebi abavela eShayina naseNtshonalanga babevakashela khona ukuyohweba ngamagugu angavamile amahlathi emvula. Namuhla, i-Kuching iseyisikhungo esimaphakathi nesango eliya e-Sarwak.

"Siyajabula ukuthi i-Routes Asia izoba se-Sarawak ngo-2014," kusho uDavid Stroud, iPhini Likamongameli, UBM Aviation Routes, eqhubeka, "Imicimbi yethu yesifunda yaqala eMalaysia cishe eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, futhi futhi uthando nokuzibophezela kwe isikhumulo sezindiza kanye nababambiqhaza bahlabe umxhwele ithimba lethu labakhethayo. Nokho, i-Sarawak izonikeza izihambeli okuhlangenwe nakho okungafani nezinye, indawo yangempela 'yakanye empilweni' engafani nanoma iyiphi indawo esake saba nomcimbi Wemizila; ukukhetha okumangalisayo komcimbi we-12th Routes Asia.”

U-Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Umqondisi Ophethe we-Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, uphawule wathi: “Sijabule futhi sihloniphekile ngokuthi i-Routes Asia izophinde ifinyelele ogwini lwaseMalaysia ngo-2014 kodwa kulokhu izofinyelela edolobheni elihle nelijabulisayo laseKuching, eSarawak. I-Malaysia Airports ibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana neSifundazwe SaseSarawak ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi kunenkundla eyimpumelelo, ezokhiqiza futhi ikhunjulwe ngokujabulisayo yizo zonke izihambeli.”

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Sarawak, uMhlonishwa uDatuk Amar Zohari, uthe: “Imizila efika okokuqala eSarwak izosho ukuthuthukiswa okukhulu kwezokuvakasha, njengoba izosinika ithuba lokukhombisa izindawo zethu ezikhangayo embonini yezindiza nezokuvakasha futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke. ukutshela umhlaba ukuthi uKuching, eSarawak, uyakwazi futhi ukulungele njalo ukubamba noma iyiphi ingqungquthela enkulu yanoma iyiphi imvelo ababengayazi kwabaningi.”

Ezokuthutha ngendiza eziya eSarwak zinikezwa izikhumulo zezindiza ezinkulu ezine; I-Kuching International Airport, iSibu, Bintulu, kanye neMiri Airports, futhi njengoba isifunda sinezixhumanisi zomoya ezivamile ezivela ezindaweni ezinkulu zezindiza, iKuching ingelinye lamadolobha afinyeleleka kakhulu eMalaysia. Izindiza eziya e-Kuching ziyatholakala kusukela ku-Kuala Lumpur International Airport, ehlinzekwa ngabathwali abangaphezu kuka-50, i-Singapore ne-Jakarta, phakathi kwezinye.

I-Sarawak yathola izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-3.8 ngo-2011 - inombolo elindele ukuthi izokwanda ngo-2012. Lokhu kuthembisa amathuba amasha ebhizinisi anamandla, imisebenzi, kanye, ngaphezu kwakho konke, amathuba emizila.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

“Routes coming into Sarawak for the first time will mean a great tourism boost, as it will gives us the opportunity to showcase our unique attractions to the aviation and tourism industry and above all to tell the world that Kuching, Sarawak, is capable and ever-ready of holding any big congress of any nature that otherwise was not known to many.
In 2003, the first Routes Asia event, also the first ever Routes regional event, was held in Sepang, hosted by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, who went on to host Routes Asia for the following two years and World Routes 2008 in Kuala Lumpur.
It was announced today that in 2014, Routes Asia will return to Malaysia when the event takes place in Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, jointly hosted by Sarawak Tourism Board and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.