KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (eTN) – Izivakashi eziya ezindaweni ezingaphakathi kwe-Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand-Growth Triangle ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwesifunda kwe-IMT-GT 2008 zonakaliswa izindiza nokukhetha kwezindawo eziya kuzo kulandela “ukwehla kwamahhala” kwamanani amathikithi. ngabathwali besifunda abahamba phambili i-Malaysia Airlines ne-AirAsia.

Izindawo ze-IMT-GT ezifaka i-Jakarta, Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Langkawi, Kota Bahru (Malaysia), Chiang Mai, kanye ne-Krabi (Thailand) zilungele ukwamukela isabelo sayo sezivakashi ezivela emazweni angamalungu.

Emhlanganweni wakamuva Wongqongqoshe Bezokuvakasha base-ASEAN e-Bangkok, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Malaysian u-Tengku Adnan udalule ukuthi miningi imisebenzi ehlelelwe ukugubha ukuvakasha kwe-IMTGT 2008 kuya ku-2009.

“Imboni yezokuvakasha ngaphakathi kwezindawo zokukhula kwe-IMT-GT izothola umfutho ngokuvulwa kwemizila yezindiza eminingi,” kusho uNgqongqoshe u-Adnan. Ngokusho kwakhe muva nje, kube nemizamo eminingi yokuvula izindawo eziningi esifundeni. “Ukuxhumana okuningi kuzosiza ekuqhakambiseni izindawo eziwunxantathu wokukhula, kuhlomule abantu ngezokuvakasha nezomnotho.

Ungqongqoshe waseMalaysia wanezela: “Ngaphezu kwalokho, abathwali abaningi abavela emazweni abambe iqhaza bacele ukuhoxiswa ezindlekweni zokufika kanye nezaphulelo emalini yesikhumulo sezindiza. Izinkampani zenethiwekhi ziphakamise ukuqala kwemizila emisha, okuhlanganisa i-Hatyai-Subang, i-Batam-Langkawi, i-Hatyai-Langkawi ne-Bandar Acheh-Penang."

Inweba amaphiko ayo kanye nokwethula imizila emisha, iMalaysia Airlines kanye nezinkampani ezingaphansi kwayo zinikezela ngezihlalo ezifika ezigidini eziyisithupha, kusukela ezihlalweni “zamahhala” ziye kwezinye ezinesaphulelo esingafika kumaphesenti angama-70, phakathi nombukiso wayo wonyaka wokuvakasha we-Malaysia Airlines.

Ngokokuqala ngqa, izinkampani ezingaphansi kwe-Malaysia Airlines i-MASwings kanye nenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane iFirefly inikeza 'izihlalo zamahhala' ezingu-150,000 ukuze bethule uhlobo lwayo nemizila emphakathini endizayo.

Akufanele "ithukululwe" imbangi yayo, i-AirAsia inikeza ku-inthanethi izihlalo eziyisigidi, eziqala ngaphansi kwamasenti a-US$3, ngaphandle kwezintela. "Lokhu kuyingxenye yesenzo sethu sokwenza amaholide afinyeleleke kalula," kusho umkhulumeli uKathleen Tan.

I-ASEAN Secretariat ihlela ukuphinda ikhuthaze isifunda njengendawo eyodwa okuyiwa kuyo ngokushicilela ibhuku elinetafula lekhofi, elifana nencwadi ye-Commonwealth Tourism Centre mayelana namazwe e-Commonwealth.

"Naphezu kokuphokophela iphrojekthi efanayo esifundeni iminyaka eminingi, imizamo yethu ithole ukwesekwa okuncane ngenxa yezinkinga zemali ezibhekene namanye amazwe asathuthuka," kusho u-Adnan.

Unxantathu Wokukhula kwe-IMT-GT iyisenzo sokuqinisekisa esiqhutshwa uhulumeni wase-Indonesia, Malaysia kanye neThailand ukukhulisa umnotho weSumatra e-Indonesia a, izifundazwe ezisenyakatho yeMalaysia, kanye nezifundazwe eziseNingizimu yeThailand, ezihlanganisa ingqikithi yabantu abangaba ngu-100. abantu abayizigidi.