KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Iindwendwe ezivela eIndiya zaziphakathi kwabakhenkethi abaphambili baseMalaysia kunyaka ophelileyo, utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho neNkcubeko uDatuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz.
Uthe ngokufika kwabantu abangama-722,141, abakhenkethi abavela eIndiya ngabona balishumi labatyeleli belizwe abaphambili ngo-10.
Ukuphunyezwa kwe-visa ye-e-visa kubakhenkethi baseIndiya eqale nge-15 ka-Epreli, uNazri uthe, kulindeleke ukuba yonyuse ingeniso kukhenketho.
“Nge-e-visa, oko kuya kubavumela ukuba bahlale elizweni kangangeentsuku ezingama-30.
“Asinethemba lokunyusa nje inani labakhenkethi baseIndiya abaya eMalaysia kodwa nokwandisa umndilili wokuhlala kwabo okuya kuba negalelo ekwandiseni ingeniso yokhenketho lwaseMalaysia,” utshilo ngaphambi kokusungula iMyVaisakhi Fest namhlanje.
Uququzelelwe nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho kunye neNkcubeko kunye neMalaysian Punjabi Chambers of Commerce and Industries (MPCCI), isiganeko, ngoku esikunyaka wesibini, safumana ingqalelo enkulu kubakhenkethi abavela kumazwe angaphandle kunye nasekhaya.
“Kunyaka ophelileyo lo msitho ufumene iindwendwe ezingaphaya kwama-6,000 kuquka nabakhenkethi.
“Nangona isenokuthi ithathwe njengemveliso entsha yezokhenketho eMalaysia, iVaisakhi njengombhiyozo ifumene ingqalelo enkulu kubakhenkethi kungoko silindele ukuba bahambe nathi kulo nyaka,” utshilo uNazri.
Ababekhona kulo msitho ibinguMphathiswa wezeMpilo uDatuk Seri uGq S Subramaniam, umongameli weMPCCI uDatuk Daljit Singh Dhaliwal kunye nowayesakuba ngumongameli we-MIC uDatuk Seri S Samy Vellu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Although it could still be considered a new tourism product for Malaysia, Vaisakhi as a celebration has garnered a lot of attention from the tourists hence we are expecting more to join us this year,”.
- “We are hoping not only to increase the number of Indian tourists to Malaysia but also to extend the average length of their stay which would contribute to increasing Malaysia’s tourism revenue,”.
- Ukuphunyezwa kwe-visa ye-e-visa kubakhenkethi baseIndiya eqale nge-15 ka-Epreli, uNazri uthe, kulindeleke ukuba yonyuse ingeniso kukhenketho.
