Akukhona konke ubumnyama nenhlekelele e-Asia. Ngo-Agasti 1, uNgqongqoshe Omkhulu weSifundazwe saseMalaysia saseSarawak, uPehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, wembula ukuthi izivakashi ezifika eMbusweni zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-10, okumelela izivakashi ezingu-85,000 ezengeziwe phakathi nezinyanga ezintathu zokuqala zika-2009. U-Taib Mahmud uzwakalise ukuzethemba kwakhe ukuthi lokhu kukhula okuhle kuzoqhubeka kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka.
I-Sarawak ingathola umfutho omkhulu ngentuthuko eminingi eyenzekayo enhlokodolobha yoMbuso i-Kuching. Isikhungo esisha somhlangano wezizwe ngezizwe, esokuqala ngqa esiqhingini sase-Borneo, sizovulwa ekupheleni konyaka ngamahhotela amaningi amasha azovela enhloko-dolobha. Ngo-Ephreli, uhulumeni wasekhaya uphinde wamemezela ibhidi likaKuching lokungena ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba lwe-UNESCO. I-Kuching isesigabeni sayo sokuqala sokubheka isimo esinjalo, kodwa lapho inikezwa, ingaba yimpahla eqinile ekhangayo kubavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe.
UNgqongqoshe Omkhulu, ekuvezeni lokhu, uqinisekile ukuthi umkhuba omuhle uzoqhubeka kuze kube sekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Lokhu kusebenza kahle kuzobangelwa ukwanda kwezihlalo zomoya ezitholakalayo manje. Esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka, isivumelwano se-Open Sky phakathi kwe-Singapore ne-Malaysia siguqulelwe ekwengezweni kwezihlalo zamasonto onke ezingaphezu kuka-4,000 ukusuka nase-Singapore, okuletha izihlalo eziphelele ezihlalweni ezingu-7,000. Ikhonzwa kuphela yi-Malaysia Airlines kanye ne-Silk Air, umzila we-Kuching-Singapore nawo ususetshenziswa manje yi-Jetstar Asia, i-Tiger Air, ne-AirAsia. Lesi sakamuva sisanda kwethula amafrikhwensi amathathu amasonto onke ukusuka eMiri ukuya eSingapore. Kuze kube manje, abafika eSingapore bakhule ngamaphesenti angama-25 kusukela kuqale unyaka. I-AirAsia iphinde inikeze i-Jakarta ne-Macau evela e-Kuching.
Ukukhula komthamo kulandelwa ukwanda komthamo wendawo. Ukuvulwa kwesikhungo esisha seBorneo Convention Centre Kuching ngo-Okthoba ozayo kugqugquzele ukutshalwa kwezimali emkhakheni wamahhotela - izakhiwo ezintsha zihlanganisa Amaphuzu Amane asanda kuvulwa yiSheraton enamagumbi angu-421 kanye nePullman Interhill enamagumbi angu-389, okumele avulwe ngo-Okthoba ngesikhathi esifanayo. njengenxanxathela yezitolo entsha sha. Ihhotela elisha lesitolo sezimpahla ezibizayo, i-Lime Tree, livulwe enkabeni yedolobha, linikeza amakamelo angama-50. I-Tune Hotels, inkampani engudadewabo ye-AirAsia, nayo ibikhona kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka inendawo enamagumbi angu-135. Elinye ihhotela lezinkanyezi ezine kuya kweziyisihlanu lihlelelwe ukuvulwa ngo-2011.
Ngo-2008, i-Sarawak yaqopha izivakashi ezifika ezigidini ezingu-3.6, zehla ngamaphesenti angu-5.3 ngonyaka ka-2007. Nokho, iBhodi Yezokuvakasha yaseSarawak ilindele ukwamukela abahambi abayizigidi ezine kuze kube ngu-2012.
