Ma kahi o 1,033,871 mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku iā Sabah i nā mahina mua ʻekolu o kēia makahiki, wahi a ka Hope Kuhina Nui ʻo Datuk Christina Liew.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Liew, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, ua hōʻike ʻia ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o 9.1 pākēneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala.
"Ua manaʻo ʻia ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa he RM2.23 biliona i ka loaʻa kālā no Sabah," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Sabah's Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Fair 2019, ma ʻaneʻi i kēia lā.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me nā hana hoʻolaha e hoʻomau ʻia e kāna ʻoihana a me kekahi mau hana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā mokulele pololei mai kekahi mau wahi i Sabah e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻia ka pahuhopu o ʻehā miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i Sabah i kēia makahiki.
"ʻElua lā i hala aku nei ua hoʻolaha aku au i ʻelua mau mokulele pololei i Kota Kinabalu mai Daegu a me Busan i hoʻokele ʻia e Air Busan. ʻO kēia mau huakaʻi pololei e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi i Sabah, "wahi āna.
Ma ka manawa like, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Liew e hoʻomau kāna ʻoihana ma o ka Sabah Tourism Board i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kahakai hikina o Sabah, e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi kaulike ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma ka mokuʻāina a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa ʻoihana i nā kaiāulu ma ke kahakai hikina.
“No laila, e hoʻolauna mākou iā 'Cuti-Cuti Tawau' e hōʻike i nā koho mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kahakai hikina o Sabah e hōʻoia i ka pahuhopu o ʻehā miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me ka honua hiki ke hoʻokō.
"ʻO ke kahakai hikina o Sabah, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Tawau, Semporna, Lahad Datu a me Sandakan he nui nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kūlohelohe ma waho o ka hoʻoilina mōʻaukala," wahi āna.
I kēia manawa, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka fair, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia iā Matta no ka huki ʻana i nā mea hōʻikeʻike 115 e kūkulu i nā hale lole e hoʻolaha i nā huahana huakaʻi like ʻole.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma ka manawa like, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Liew e hoʻomau kāna ʻoihana ma o ka Sabah Tourism Board i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ke kahakai hikina o Sabah, e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi kaulike ʻana o nā mākaʻikaʻi ma ka mokuʻāina a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa ʻoihana i nā kaiāulu ma ke kahakai hikina.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me nā hana hoʻolaha e hoʻomau ʻia e kāna ʻoihana a me kekahi mau hana ʻē aʻe e pili ana i nā mokulele pololei mai kekahi mau wahi i Sabah e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokō ʻia ka pahuhopu o ʻehā miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i Sabah i kēia makahiki.
- “Therefore, we will introduce ‘Cuti-Cuti Tawau' to highlight tourism options in the east coast of Sabah to ensure the target of four million local and international tourists can be achieved.
