23/10/2018
Sabah Tourism booming: 200 new flights to Kota Kinabalu from China, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan
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August 14, 2018
At least 200 more charter and extra flights will bring in arrivals from China, Korea and Japan this summer season until March next year, Sabah’s State Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Christina Liew, announced today in Kota Kinabalu.
Sabah is a Malaysian state occupying the northern part of the island of Borneo. It’s famed for its 4,095m-tall Mount Kinabalu, the country’s highest peak, crowned with distinctive granite spires. Sabah is also known for its beaches, rainforest, coral reefs and abundant wildlife, much of it within parks and reserves. Offshore, the Sipadan and Mabul islands are noted diving destinations.
Tourism is big business in Sabah and the announcement of 200 new charter flights also from second-tier cities in China, such as Zhengzhou, Wenzhou, Nanning, Tianjin, Yi Wu and Xiayang is good news for the tourism economy.
At least 76 charter flights are expected from South Korea, including one coming from Jeju Island, the first direct charter to Kota Kinabalu from the island.
“We have already received 152 charter flights the first half of the year or, an additional 20,000 tourists from China and Japan into Sabah.” Liew said.
“This is a great opportunity to spread these arrivals to the East Coast as the current number of rooms in West Coast will not be able to carry the influx. We need to be able to give the tourists attractive products and complement that with improved services in the East Coast.”
Currently 196 scheduled international flights from 21 international cities fly into Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) every week.
Last year, Sabah received a total of 215 charter flights from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Thailand.
Liew added, “As for scheduled flights, the direct flight from Bangkok to KK will begin this week (Thursday), a double daily from Shenzhen and a Macau direct to KK are expected in November. All three flights would be on AirAsia.”
The current total arrivals into Sabah as of June this year is 1.891 million or an increase of +5.3% compared to the same time last year.
沙巴旅游业蓬勃发展：从中国，韩国，泰国，台湾和日本飞往哥打京那巴鲁的200个新航班
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2018年8月14日
沙巴州旅游，文化和环境部长克里斯蒂娜·刘（Christina Liew）今天在哥打京那巴鲁（Kota Kinabalu）宣布，至少还有200多架包机和额外航班将带来中国，韩国和日本今年夏季至明年3月的抵达。
沙巴是一个马来西亚国家，占据婆罗洲岛的北部。它以其4095米高的京那巴鲁山（Mount Kinabalu）而闻名，该山峰是该国最高峰，拥有独特的花岗岩尖顶。沙巴以其海滩，热带雨林，珊瑚礁和丰富的野生动物而闻名，其中大部分位于公园和保护区内。离岸，西巴丹岛和马布岛是着名的潜水胜地。
旅游业是沙巴的重要业务，而郑州，温州，南宁，天津，义乌和下阳等中国二线城市的200条新包机也是旅游经济的好消息。
预计至少有76架包机航班来自韩国，其中一架来自济州岛，这是该岛首次从哥打京那巴鲁直接包机。
“我们已经在今年上半年收到了152架包机，或者从中国和日本再加入了2万名游客到沙巴。”刘说。
“这是一个很好的机会，将这些抵达者传播到东海岸，因为目前西海岸的房间数量无法满足。我们需要能够为游客提供有吸引力的产品，并通过改善东海岸的服务来补充这些产品。“
目前，每周有来自21个国际城市的196个国际航班飞往哥打京那巴鲁国际机场（KKIA）。
去年，沙巴共接收了来自中国，韩国，台湾，日本和泰国的215架包机。
Liew补充说：“至于定期航班，从曼谷到KK的直飞航班将于本周（周四）开始，预计11月将从深圳到澳门直达KK。这三个航班都将在亚航上。“
截至今年6月，目前抵达沙巴的总入境人数为189.1万人，比去年同期增加了+ 5.3％。
