Aloha au i ka ʻikepili mākaʻikaʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e nā ʻāina. A makemake nui au i ka ʻikepili inā hiki iā lākou ke haʻi i nā mea āu e makemake ai e hōʻike. Ma waena o nā helu ʻē aʻe, aia kahi mea pohihihi a puni ka poʻe Singaporean e hele nei ma ke ʻano he "mākaʻikaʻi" i Malaysia. Ke nānā nei i nā ʻikepili kūhelu mai Tourism Malaysia, ma 2009 ma luna o 12.7 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i hele mai mai Singapore a i Malaysia. Ma ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka heluna nui o ka poʻe huakaʻi mai Singapore a Malaysia e Singapore ka heluna kanaka, hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia kamaʻāina Singapore he mākaʻikaʻi ma Malaysia 2.55 mau manawa i ka makahiki i hala.
Mai ka makahiki 2000 a hiki i ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻonui ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Singaporean e kipa aku ana i Malaysia ma kahi 135 pakeneka. No ka hoʻohālikelike wale ʻana, ua piʻi aʻe ka ulu ʻana mai nā huakaʻi Thai i Malaysia i ka manawa like ma ka 54.1 pakeneka mai 0.94 miliona a i 1.45 miliona, aʻo nā helu mai Indonesia i lele e 341 pākēneka, mai 0.54 miliona a 2.40 miliona i hōʻea mai. ʻO ka lele nui o Indonesia ma muli o ka wehe ʻia ʻana o ka ʻauhau kālā no ka hele ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Malaysia, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā mokulele haʻahaʻa ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana mākaʻikaʻi o Malaysia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kona mau hoalauna me kā lākou hopena weliweli. Ua piʻi "wale nō" ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Malaysia i Singapore ma 35 pakeneka mai 2000 a me 2009, aʻo ka poʻe huakaʻi Indonesia i Singapore i ulu ma 44 pakeneka. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Indonesia i ka manawa like i ka emi ʻana o 31 pakeneka no Singaporeans i kaulike ʻia e ka ulu ʻana o 80 pakeneka o nā Malaysians.
He honua maikaʻi loa inā ʻaʻole hāʻawi ʻo Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority i kahi kiʻi ʻokoʻa me kā lākou ʻikepili ponoʻī. I ka makahiki 2008, ua hōʻike ʻo Singapore ICA he 6.25 miliona ka huakaʻi i nā ʻāina ʻē ma ka lewa a me ke kai, a no nā mahina he ʻumi o 2010, ua hiki kēia helu i 5.36 miliona. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia e komo i ka huakaʻi ma ke kaʻa ʻāina - kaʻaahi a me ke kaʻa alanui. ʻO kahi haʻawina mai Euromonitor manaʻo ua hana ʻo Singaporean i 14.08 miliona mau haʻalele i nā ʻāina ʻē me 9.2 miliona i Malaysia. E hoʻololi mau ana ia me ka helu i koi ʻia e Malaysia no 2008 (11 miliona), a hōʻike ʻo Euromonitor he mau haʻalele kēia, me nā huakaʻi lā.
ʻO nā kiʻi e pili ana i nā hōkele ʻo Johor Bahru e kūʻē i nā helu o Tourism Malaysia. Ma luna o 35 pakeneka o nā Singaporean a pau e hele ana i Malaysia, ʻo ka mokuʻāina ʻo JB ko lākou huakaʻi. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ia e lawe mai i nā pōmaikaʻi he nui i nā hōkele JB, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki 2008 i ka awelika o ka noho ʻana he 61.6 pakeneka a he 1.71 miliona wale nō o nā haole.
E hopohopo nā ʻokoʻa o nā helu i nā luna o Singapore a me Malaysia, no ka mea, ʻo ka nalo ʻana o ʻelua miliona mau huakaʻi Singaporean ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka palena e ʻike palekana ai ka Bermuda Triangle. Makemake ʻo Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints Authority e hōʻoluʻolu. "He ʻano ʻano like ʻole kā mākou e helu ai i ka neʻe ʻana o ka poʻe huakaʻi," wehewehe (koʻikoʻi loa) kekahi limahana mai ka ʻOihana Hoʻolaha.
ʻO ka lele nui ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i hōʻea i Malaysia he wehewehe, e like me ka moʻolelo moʻolelo. I kekahi manawa i ka makahiki 1998/1999, ua koho ʻia kahi kuhina hou o ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Malaysia. No ka hōʻike ʻana i kona haku, ʻo ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Dr. Mahathir, he kuhina hana maikaʻi ʻo ia, ua lele ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o 1998 a me 1999 i ka 43.6 pakeneka a ma kahi o 29.1 pakeneka ma waena o 1999 a me 2000. I loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, ʻo ka huina o nā ʻaneʻane pālua ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi hiki mai i ka ʻāina, mai 5.5 miliona a 10.2 miliona. ʻO ka pono o kēia moʻolelo, ua makemake pū ke kuhina mua o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka ʻikepili.
