Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The island resort is keen to welcome more international visitors with only 376 of them arriving from the time international tourism bubble pilot project kick-started from November.
Zainuddin Kadir, Langkawi Tourism Association chief executive officer, who unveiled this, stated the fact that new things are required to be done as the island is majorly depended on international tourists.
“We need a ratio of 60% international and 40% local travellers to give the tourism industry here a boost. More international direct flights to Langkawi are needed.”
“As of now, there isn’t enough foreign spending,” he said, emphasizing that all the tourists coming from abroad had arrived after transiting at the KL International Airport.
Zainuddin also added that in the week when the Malaysia-Singapore Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) was introduced, only seven flights landed in Langkawi, with each carrying 10 international passengers.
He said the tourism industry here was however grateful to locals for backing domestic tourism efforts during this period.
He explained that from Sept 16th to Dec 9th, 487,000 locals visited Langkawi with up to 20 flights on weekdays and 10 more on weekends.
“It shows that Langkawi remains popular among local travellers. Instead of spending on overseas travel, we can stay at five-star hotels here and buy local products to help the economy. This will not only help Langkawi but the country as well,” he said.
On Oct 22, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob declared that the resort island would reopen only to all fully vaccinated tourists from other countries under a pilot travel bubble project.
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