Tourism Minister, Dato Dr Ng Yen Yen has urged MAS and Air Asia to open new route to Zhenghou to encourage new arrivals to and from China for tourism and business purposes. Dr Ng was on a four-day working trip to China i.e. Guangzhou and Zhenghou and attended the International Mayors' Forum on Tourism (IMFT).
It is believed that Malaysia is the only country of 50 attendees that was represented by a Minister. That goes to show how important is tourism for Malaysia. Small wonder why no Mayor from our Malaysian cities attended this forum. One can assume that it must be a problem of the language used at the forum.
For the airlines planning to add a new destination to its network, the justification of it would not be based on what they Minister says, rather it is a function of market demand. Malaysia Airlines have had many bad experiences as far as this is concerned. New routes were then introduced just on responding the call of political leaders and having to terminate them when the load factor does not justify the operation.
It is best that Ministers stop suggesting what the airlines should do. They should know their business better.
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