AN UPSURGE OF FOREIGN ARRIVALS




THE ADDITION of the new direct track as good as the reinstatement of 3 alternative direct routes from the Asia Pacific region will serve enlarge the foreign arrivals to Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA).

11 airlines with the weekly seating capacity of 18,000 will reconnect 13 general cities with Sabah, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Osaka as good as Perth.
Malaysia Airline's inaugural flight from Shanghai to Kota Kinabalu upon 12.12.12, the most portentous date of the century, signaled the start of something big for Sabah's tourism industry. Landing upon the land below the breeze twice weekly, this will be MAS'third general track originating from China after Hong Kong as good as Shenzhen.

"Shanghai is China's gateway to Sabah," pronounced the Chairman of Sabah Tourism Board (STB), Datuk Seri PanglimaTengku Zainal Adlin, "and the hub that connects Sabah to China's pass general monetary centres as good as the provinces located in it's eastern region namely Zheijiang, Jiangsu, Anhui as good as Hubei."

"We have been looking ahead to 2013 as good as beyond. The state government is sketch vital skeleton to enlarge its air accessibility, as 96% of the arrivals have been by air," pronounced the Chairman of STB.

Malaysia Airlines have already backed the direct routes from Hong Kong as good as Perth upon the 1st as good as 9th of Dec 2012, respectively. The Osaka direct track will be backed upon the 20th of Dec this year.

Up to October 201! 2, forei gn arrivals to Sabah have increasing by 779,845,a 14.5 percent burst compared to the same period final year.

"Thanks to all for creation this happen, particularly, the Ministry of Transport as good as Malaysia Airports Holdings as good as the partners in the tourism industry. Their combined efforts have done KKIA the busiest Airport in Malaysia after KLIA," pronounced Tunku Adlin. (Insight Sabah)
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