Johor cadang tarik lebih banyak penerbangan antarabangsa tingkat potensi pelancongan

PONTIAN: Kerajaan negeri bercadang untuk menarik lebih banyak penerbangan langsung antarabangsa ke Johor dalam usaha untuk menggalakkan kemasukan pelancong asing.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pelancongan, Alam Sekitar, Warisan dan Budaya Negeri Johor K Raven Kumar berkata perkara itu telah dibincangkan beliau ketika pertemuan dengan Menteri Pelancongan, Seni dan Budaya Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, baru-baru ini.

Antara yang dinyatakan dalam pertemuan itu ialah berhubung penerbangan langsung antarabangsa ke Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai melibatkan bandar-bandar utama dari China dan India, kata beliau.

"Buat masa ini, terdapat penerbangan terus dari Thailand, Indonesia dan Vietnam ke Senai.

"Dalam perbincangan lepas dengan menteri, ada lima bandar yang kita sasarkan. Semua ini dalam perbincangan dan kita harap akan membuahkan hasil," katanya kepada pemberita selepas majlis Mangrove Run sempena Hari Tanah Lembap Sedunia di Taman Negara Tanjung Piai, dekat sini, semalam.

Jelas Raven Kumar, terminal tambahan di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Senai juga sudah siap dan bersedia untuk menerima tambahan pelancong domestik dan antarabangsa.

Berkenaan dengan pembukaan Jambatan Sungai Pulai yang menghubungkan Gelang Patah di Iskandar Puteri ke Tanjung Bin, Pontian bulan lepas, beliau berkata ia bakal melonjakkan sosioekonomi penduduk setempat dan sektor ekopelancongan di kawasan setempat selain menarik pelaburan asing di daerah Pontian.

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