ʻAʻole ia he pōʻeleʻele a me ka pōʻino ma Asia. Ma ʻAukake 1, ua hōʻike ʻo Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud i ke Kuhina Nui o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Malaysia o Sarawak, ua piʻi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka mokuʻāina i ka 10 pakeneka, e hōʻike ana i kahi 85,000 mau malihini kipa i nā mahina mua ʻekolu o 2009. Ua hōʻike ʻo Taib Mahmud i kona hilinaʻi e mau ana keia ulu maikai a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki.
Hiki iā Sarawak ke hoʻoikaika nui me nā hanana he nui i hana ʻia ma ke kapikala mokuʻāina ʻo Kuching. E wehe ʻia kahi kikowaena hui honua hou, ka mua o kāna ʻano ma ka mokupuni ʻo Borneo, i ka hopena o ka makahiki me ka nui o nā hōkele hou e piʻi mai ana ma ke kapikala. I ʻApelila, ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni kūloko i ke koho ʻana iā Kuching e komo i ka papa inoa hoʻoilina honua UNESCO hanohano. Aia nō ʻo Kuching i ka wā mua e ʻimi ai i kēlā kūlana, akā i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana, he waiwai maikaʻi loa ia no nā huakaʻi honua.
ʻO ke Kuhina Nui, i ka hōʻike ʻana i kēia, ua manaʻoʻiʻo e hoʻomau ka ʻano maikaʻi a hiki i ka hopena o kēia makahiki. ʻO kēia hana maikaʻi e pili ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā noho ea i loaʻa i kēia manawa. Ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki, ua unuhi ʻia kahi ʻaelike Open Sky ma waena o Singapore a me Malaysia i ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā noho pule he 4,000 mai a i Singapore, e lawe ana i ka nui o nā noho i 7,000 mau noho. Hoʻohana ʻia e Malaysia Airlines a me Silk Air wale nō, ʻo ke ala Kuching-Singapore i lawelawe ʻia e Jetstar Asia, Tiger Air, a me AirAsia. Ua hoʻomaka wale ka mea hope i ʻekolu mau manawa o kēlā me kēia pule mai Miri a Singapore. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Singapore ma 25 pakeneka mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo AirAsia iā Jakarta a me Macau mai Kuching.
ʻO ka ulu ʻana o ka hiki ke ukali ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o ka hiki ke noho. ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Borneo hou ʻo Kuching i ʻOkakopa aʻe ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ma ka ʻoihana hōkele - ʻo nā waiwai hou e pili ana i ka Four Points by Sheraton i wehe hou ʻia me 421 lumi a me ka Pullman Interhill me 389 lumi, no ka wehe ʻana i ʻOkakopa i ka manawa like. ma ke ʻano he hale kūʻai kūʻai hou. Ua wehe ʻia kahi hōkele boutique hou, ʻo ka Lime Tree, i loko o ka puʻu o ke kūlanakauhale, e hāʻawi ana i nā lumi he 50. Aia ʻo Tune Hotels, kahi hui kaikuahine o AirAsia, mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki me kahi waiwai 135 lumi. Hoʻolālā ʻia kahi hōkele ʻehā a ʻelima mau hōkū e wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 2011.
I ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Sarawak i 3.6 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea mai, ma lalo o 5.3 pakeneka ma mua o 2007. Eia naʻe, manaʻo ka Sarawak Tourism Board e hoʻokipa ʻehā miliona mau huakaʻi a hiki i 2012.
