The Tourism Ministry will intensify its efforts to persuade Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia X to resume their flights to regional and international destinations which were suspended recently. Just like they did before resulting in the airlines making massive losses.
Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, said this was important as the suspension of the flights would cause the tourism industry to suffer a massive decline in the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia and hence, lose billions of ringgit in revenue.
"This is because each foreign tourist will spend between RM1,000 and RM4,000 depending on their country of origin," she told Bernama after presenting the 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M) to over 400 recipients in Raub parliamentary constituency here Tuesday.
The ministry should realised that the matter is not only beyond its jurisdiction also it is purely a commercial consideration. Airlines should not only operate to profitable destinations but must not be in the red.
What the Minister should be doing is to promote flights to Malaysia amongst other international carriers which will truly bring in the tourists from their airport of origin and not flying our Malaysians to tour abroad.
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