MIRI: The high cost of fuel may have scuttled plans to fly South Korean tourists directly to northern Sarawak on chartered flights for the International Jazz Festival next month, the Sarawak Tourism Board said.
Its chief executive officer Gracie Geikie said planning and negotiations between STB and tour operators to bring in tourists from Seoul directly to here and Mulu had come to a halt.
“The cost they will have to pay to fly via chartered flights is too high,” she said.
Geikie said it was not possible for STB to offer cheaper rates because of the high cost of aviation fuel.
The only way the tourists could come to Miri at a lower cost would be by using Malaysia Airlines from Seoul to Kota Kinabalu and then onward to Miri.
Its chief executive officer Gracie Geikie said planning and negotiations between STB and tour operators to bring in tourists from Seoul directly to here and Mulu had come to a halt.
“The cost they will have to pay to fly via chartered flights is too high,” she said.
Geikie said it was not possible for STB to offer cheaper rates because of the high cost of aviation fuel.
The only way the tourists could come to Miri at a lower cost would be by using Malaysia Airlines from Seoul to Kota Kinabalu and then onward to Miri.
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