Langkawi

[Wan_TSK]

Langkawi perlukan lebih banyak penerbangan terus

10 Jun 2012

LANGKAWI - Langkawi memerlukan lebih banyak penerbangan terus ke pulau legenda itu bagi memastikan ia kekal sebagai antara lokasi pelancongan utama di rantau ini.

Timbalan Pengerusi Persatuan Pelancongan Langkawi Phisol Ishak berkata, masalah ketiadaan penerbangan terus itu sangat kritikal kerana ramai pelancong asing berminat datang ke Langkawi tetapi masalah itu menjadi halangan utama untuk mereka datang.

Katanya ketika ini penerbangan terus hanyalah dari dan ke Singapura sedangkan suatu ketika dahulu ada penerbangan terus dari dan ke Bangkok serta London yang memudahkan pelancong dari negara Eropah ke Langkawi.

"Sekarang ini hanya tinggal Singapura. Pelancong luar yang datang kebanyakannya mengambil pakej. Mereka datang ke Kuala Lumpur dan kemudian ke Langkawi. Bagi yang minat ke Langkawi terus susah, sebab mereka terpaksa pergi ke Kuala Lumpur atau Pulau Pinang dahulu. Ini sebenarnya menyusahkan," katanya kepada Bernama di sini.

Katanya, pulau-pulau di Thailand sentiasa mempunyai kelebihan menarik pelancong asing terutama dari negara Eropah berbanding Langkawi kerana banyak lapangan terbang di pulau-pulau itu mempunyai penerbangan terus ke dan dari negara Eropah.

"Malah saya mendapat feedback daripada pelancong-pelancong Australia bahawa Langkawi jauh lebih baik dan unik berbanding Bali dan pulau-pulau di Thailand. Kata mereka di Langkawi ada macam-macam berbanding pulau-pulau lain," katanya.

Katanya, ketika ini ramai juga pelancong asing yang datang ke Langkawi menerusi "chartered flight" tetapi ia bermusim dan hanya pada waktu tertentu sahaja.

"Jika ada penerbangan terus dari luar, kedatangan pelancong ke Langkawi akan lebih baik dan tidaklah bermusim seperti ketika ini," katanya.

Phisol berkata, dalam usaha merealisasikan Blueprint Pelancongan Langkawi 2011-2012 yang menyasarkan menjadikan pulau peranginan itu sebagai antara 10 pulau dan destinasi ekopelancongan terbaik dunia menjelang 2015, tumpuan juga perlu dilakukan bagi membawa lebih ramai "high end tourists".

"Mereka ini mempunyai "purchasing power" yang tinggi. Kena ada perancangan untuk menarik lebih banyak golongan ini ke Langkawi," katanya.

Katanya, kerajaan dilihat mempunyai perancangan untuk memajukan lagi Langkawi tetapi pelaksanaannya perlu dibuat dengan teliti bagi memastikan apa yang dirancang berjalan lancar. - Bernama

[daynielizham]

apa penghalang kepada penerbangan terus ni?.. kenapa xbuat dari dulu je?

[dengilo]

Before that can happen what Langkawi needs more new fresh attractions !A theme park half the size of Universal Studio Spore+Factory Outlet stores+Mega Foodcourt specializing in seafood will be a good start!I am tired of the same old boring attractions.

[kiko]

langkawi island is not properly maintained..look at kuah town itself look so run down..they must improve to be an international tourist island..dun just mention about the beach itself..look at Hawaii & other success story

[Arkdriver]

Originally Posted by Wan_TSK

Langkawi perlukan lebih banyak penerbangan terus

10 Jun 2012

LANGKAWI - Langkawi memerlukan lebih banyak penerbangan terus ke pulau legenda itu bagi memastikan ia kekal sebagai antara lokasi pelancongan utama di rantau ini.

Timbalan Pengerusi Persatuan Pelancongan Langkawi Phisol Ishak berkata, masalah ketiadaan penerbangan terus itu sangat kritikal kerana ramai pelancong asing berminat datang ke Langkawi tetapi masalah itu menjadi halangan utama untuk mereka datang.

Katanya ketika ini penerbangan terus hanyalah dari dan ke Singapura sedangkan suatu ketika dahulu ada penerbangan terus dari dan ke Bangkok serta London yang memudahkan pelancong dari negara Eropah ke Langkawi.

"Sekarang ini hanya tinggal Singapura. Pelancong luar yang datang kebanyakannya mengambil pakej. Mereka datang ke Kuala Lumpur dan kemudian ke Langkawi. Bagi yang minat ke Langkawi terus susah, sebab mereka terpaksa pergi ke Kuala Lumpur atau Pulau Pinang dahulu. Ini sebenarnya menyusahkan," katanya kepada Bernama di sini.

Katanya, pulau-pulau di Thailand sentiasa mempunyai kelebihan menarik pelancong asing terutama dari negara Eropah berbanding Langkawi kerana banyak lapangan terbang di pulau-pulau itu mempunyai penerbangan terus ke dan dari negara Eropah.

"Malah saya mendapat feedback daripada pelancong-pelancong Australia bahawa Langkawi jauh lebih baik dan unik berbanding Bali dan pulau-pulau di Thailand. Kata mereka di Langkawi ada macam-macam berbanding pulau-pulau lain," katanya.

Katanya, ketika ini ramai juga pelancong asing yang datang ke Langkawi menerusi "chartered flight" tetapi ia bermusim dan hanya pada waktu tertentu sahaja.

"Jika ada penerbangan terus dari luar, kedatangan pelancong ke Langkawi akan lebih baik dan tidaklah bermusim seperti ketika ini," katanya.

Phisol berkata, dalam usaha merealisasikan Blueprint Pelancongan Langkawi 2011-2012 yang menyasarkan menjadikan pulau peranginan itu sebagai antara 10 pulau dan destinasi ekopelancongan terbaik dunia menjelang 2015, tumpuan juga perlu dilakukan bagi membawa lebih ramai "high end tourists".

"Mereka ini mempunyai "purchasing power" yang tinggi. Kena ada perancangan untuk menarik lebih banyak golongan ini ke Langkawi," katanya.

Katanya, kerajaan dilihat mempunyai perancangan untuk memajukan lagi Langkawi tetapi pelaksanaannya perlu dibuat dengan teliti bagi memastikan apa yang dirancang berjalan lancar. - Bernama

Kalau ada demand, tak payah nak merayu bagai. Just look at Bali and Phuket, when the demand is there, flights will come. Clearly Langkawi is not attractive enough. And enough with tourist want this and that bullshit. Flights from London didn't make money, thats why they scrapped it.

I agree with dengilo. Put more FO like Bandung and Bali. at least people might want to come to shop there. Terrible tasting tax free chocolates and cigarettes just doesnt cut it anymore

[rizalhakim]

new
Tune Hotel Langkawi

[dean87]

hmmm...not bad, only 4 storeys....should be higher 8-10 storeys..would be much better

[Zulhelmi]

Originally Posted by Arkdriver

Kalau ada demand, tak payah nak merayu bagai. Just look at Bali and Phuket, when the demand is there, flights will come. Clearly Langkawi is not attractive enough. And enough with tourist want this and that bullshit. Flights from London didn't make money, thats why they scrapped it.

I agree with dengilo. Put more FO like Bandung and Bali. at least people might want to come to shop there. Terrible tasting tax free chocolates and cigarettes just doesnt cut it anymore

Entah la bro... Langkawi is just nice, dia bkn party spots mcm Phuket or Bali. Flight tak banyak pun tapi island ni still boleh sustain dengan jumlah pelancong yg dtg bila kita tengok brape byk hotel yg ade.. Dan bukan calang2 pulak, Four Seasons, The Andaman (Starwood's Luxury Collection), The Westin, Four Points, Sheraton, Rebak Island (Taj Hotel) etc.

But still Langkawi could do better... Mungkin market dia lebih kepada foreign senior citizens?? Now pun leh nampak Langkawi is more towards luxury comfort, so boleh di luxury kan lagi... Even KK yg sumpah byk flight pun stakat ade Le Meridien, Hyatt and Nexus je kot yg splurge accommodation.

[Arkdriver]

Yup i agree nightlife in Phuket and Bali suits the younger tourist better. In Langkawi and Malaysia in general, these sort of vice-inclined tourist attraction are not popular, and because of our culture didn't embrace it. It's a good thing though. Maybe we need to work out more on promoting the island to the world. The infrastructures are already there. Just need few more attractions like FO shopping, better-packaged tour, theme park (water) etc.

[dengilo]

Phuket and Bali is in a class of their own.Langkawi has got all the potential to be better just that in the last few years nothing happens!LADA has been sleepingThe duty free status doesn't guarantee anything if all the facilities
are not upgraded,i simply hate the sight of all the public parking at the airport/jetty taken over by rental cars.Very simply they need find reason for tourist to want to come back stay longer and spend.not just on boozzz and ciggies.

[dean87]

Langkawi By Maricarmeela on flickr

[adzmierzboy]

Originally Posted by dean87

Langkawi 1 By syedar on flickr

Kalau menara langkawi dh siap..mesti cun,,,

[Wan_TSK]

Laksa, tarikan baru ke Langkawi

14 Jun 2012
LANGKAWI - Siapa sangka, bintang terkenal Hollywood yang juga pengarah filem, Mel Gibson pernah menyatakan antara makanan kegemarannya ialah laksa.

Laksa, ialah sejenis makanan mi berkuah daripada tepung beras, dan ada unsur campuran budaya Cina dan Melayu. Ada dua jenis laksa yang popular - laksa kuah kari atau laksa kuah asam.

Dihidangkan panas-panas, laksa ialah antara hidangan wajib setiap kali berkunjung ke negeri utara Kedah, Pulau Pinang dan Perlis untuk laksa asam dan di Johor pula ia dikenali sebagai laksa Johor yang menggunakan spageti sebagai mi dan kuahnya kari bersantan.

Di negeri pantai timur pula, terutama Kelantan, ia dipanggil laksam, yang menggunakan kuah santan putih dan ditambah cili untuk rasa pedas. Di Sarawak, kuahnya lebih berempah dan menggunakan mihun sebagai ganti laksa tepung beras.

Apapun jenis laksa, kuahnya menggunakan asas isi ikan.

Keenakannya yang tiada tandingan, melebarkan populariti makanan tempatan ini yang bukan sekadar di kampung dan kedai kaki lima malah turut menjadi hidangan utama di hotel bertaraf lima bintang.

Baru-baru ini Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi (Lada) menganjurkan Karnival Laksa Antarabangsa Langkawi (Lilac) selama tiga hari bermula 25 Mei, sebagai usaha menarik lebih ramai pelancong ke pulau peranginan itu.

MENGAPA LAKSA?

Selain tarikan lokasi dan kebudayaan yang istimewa, makanan tempatan juga berpotensi besar mencuri perhatian pelancong. Ini berdasarkan laporan, sektor makanan dan minuman di Malaysia menyumbang 17.2 peratus daripada pendapatan yang dijana industri pelancongan tahun lepas.

Menteri Pelancongan Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen dipetik sebagai berkata industri pelancongan menjana pendapatan lebih RM1 bilion setiap minggu dengan 17.2 peratus daripadanya (RM9.72 bilion) dibelanjakan untuk makanan pada tahun lepas.

Atas faktor itu, kementerian menganjurkan pelbagai karnival makanan seperti Fabulous Food 1Malaysia (FF1M), sebagai platform mempromosi keistimewaan makanan tempatan kepada pelancong.

Namun, kebiasaannya karnival makanan yang diadakan menggabungkan pelbagai masakan tradisional negara ini seperti rendang, kuih-muih, lemang, sate dan sebagainya.

Berlainan pula dengan Lilac, tumpuan khusus diberikan kepada laksa tanpa adanya gabungan makanan tempatan lain.

Jadi, apa menariknya laksa?


"Mengapa tidak? Berikan saya satu hidangan paling terkenal antara negeri-negeri? Semestinya laksa," ulas Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Lada, Tan Sri Khalid Ramli ketika ditanya mengapa laksa dipilih sebagai hidangan utama karnival ini.

Laksa yang dikatakan mungkin berasal daripada bahasa Sanskrit 'laksha' bererti 'banyak', merujuk kepada banyaknya kandungan dan rempah yang digunakan.

Boleh dikatakan hampir setiap negeri mempunyai laksa yang tersendiri yang membuatkannya bertambah eksotik. Selain itu, kaedah memasak laksa juga pelbagai, untuk menghasilkan keunikan rasa masing-masing.

JULUNG KALI

Penganjuran julung kali diadakan itu disertai sekumpulan penyedia laksa yang menyajikan laksa Johor, laksa Pahang, Asam Laksa Pulau Pinang, laksa Thailand, laksa Perlis, laksam (Kelantan), laksa Sarawak dan laksa Langkawi.

Merupakan suatu inisiatif bijak, langkah penganjuran karnival ini juga dilihat sebagai alternatif ke arah menjadikan Langkawi antara 10 pulau dan destinasi eko-pelancongan terbaik dunia menjelang 2015.

Ia selaras dengan pelancaran Blueprint Pelancongan Langkawi oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tahun lepas, iaitu pelan terperinci untuk menjadikan Langkawi destinasi tarikan yang menambat hati dengan mewujudkan infrastruktur lebih baik, rangkaian pengangkutan lancar selain pendapatan pelancongan sasaran dan pendapatan bukan pelancongan yang lebih tinggi.

Mengulas lanjut, Khalid berkata karnival seperti Lilac bukan sahaja memberi nilai tambah kepada Langkawi malah menjadi platform dalam mengiktiraf makanan tradisional atau tempatan di mata dunia.

"Lada akan meneruskan penganjuran acara bertaraf antarabangsa dalam mempromosi Langkawi menerusi makanan traditional yang menjadi kegemaran pelancong.

"Saya amat berpuas hati dengan sambutan Lilac. Malahan dilihat, ramai pelancong luar terutamanya sudah berada di situ (Lilac) sejak pagi dan ada pelancong dari Eropah yang makan sampai lima jenis laksa," katanya.

DI MANA ANTARABANGSANYA?

Biarpun penganjurannya dilihat sebagai satu langkah positif, namun ia juga tidak lari daripada suara-suara sumbang mempertikai penganjuran karnival berkenaan.

Sambil menyentuh di mana nilai antarabangsanya? Mereka menyatakan majoriti menu adalah bercirikan tempatan.

Sekiranya ada nilai antarabangsa pun, ia hanyalah pada laksa Thailand. Menjelaskan perkara itu, Khalid berkata skop antarabangsa bukan hanya dilihat dari mana datangnya makanan itu, namun ia berlandaskan kepada konteks penyediaan laksa.

Tambahnya, laksa disesuaikan mengikut cita rasa, standard antarabangsa. Biarpun begitu, rasa asal dan bahan asas dalam penyediaan laksa akan tetap dikekalkan.

"Apabila saya beritahu pelakon Mel Gibson menyukai laksa, ia adalah bercita rasakan antarabangsa. Selain itu, karnival ini juga turut menjemput chef antarabangsa bersama dengan Chef Wan untuk mengendalikan kelas masakan laksa.

"Ini memberi peluang kepada pengunjung mempelajari cara penyediaan hidangan laksa," katanya.

SAMBUTAN MENGGALAKKAN

Dihoskan oleh Chef Redzuawan Ismail atau Chef Wan, karnival itu berjaya menarik lebih 15,000 pengunjung domestik dan luar negara selama tiga hari berlangsung di Laman Padi.

Ia bukan sahaja memperlihat perjualan pelbagai jenis laksa, malah turut diadakan pertandingan membuat laksa, pertandingan masakan antara sekolah dan pertandingan makan laksa.

Bagi pemandu pelancong, Adrian Tan, platform sedemikian bukan sahaja memperkenalkan pelbagai jenis laksa di Malaysia kepada pelancong luar, malah pengunjung tempatan.

"Hari ini baru saya tahu laksa Johor menggunakan spageti. Sebelum ini, saya ingatkan laksa Johor seperti biasa sahaja. Selain itu, banyak lagi laksa yang tidak pernah saya cuba sebelum ini dapat dirasai di sini, ia satu pendedahan yang bagus," katanya.

Berkongsi pandangan serupa, pelancong dari Switzerland, Manuela, berkata karnival itu amat menarik perhatiannya.

"Karnival laksa ini memang menarik dan masyarakat di sini sangat mesra. Sudah tentu saya mahu mencuba semua jenis laksa," katanya kepada Bernama. - Bernama

[dengilo]

Oh ya i cant wait to go!

[adzmierzboy]

More Tourists Visiting Langkawi In First Five Months Of 2012
June 18, 2012 on 1:43 pm | In News Section | No Comments

LANGKAWI, June 7 (Bernama) — The number of tourists visiting Langkawi in the first five months of this year has increased to 614,000 compared to 549,000 over the same period last year.
Tourist arrivals to the island through the Langkawi International Airport had increased by 11 per cent between January and May, 2012.


Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said the increase showed that the launching of the Langkawi Tourism Blueprint by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last December had a positive effect on this duty-free island.

“The blueprint determines the direction of the tourism industry here in increasing tourist arrivals to this resort island,” he said when launching the ICT Strategic Plan, I-Link system and Pitch Book MICE of the Langkawi Development Authority (Lada), here, Thursday.

Nor Mohamed said the officers involved in the implementation of the blueprint had shown commitment in carrying out their tasks to ensure the tourism programmes went on smoothly.

[dean87]

City&Country: Rahsia Estates in Langkawi draws foreign interest
By E Jacqui Chan of The Edge Malaysia
Sunday, 24 June 2012 00:00

The project started because I was feeling a bit competitive,” reveals Hanizah Abdul Hamid, CEO of Rahsia Estates Sdn Bhd.

The project she is referring to is Langkawi’s first gated and guarded mixed hospitality and resort residential development — the RM380 million five-star Rahsia Estates Resort Residences & Spa (RERRS). Rahsia Estates Sdn Bhd is part of the HD Concepts Consolidated Sdn Bhd group of companies.

Hanizah: We are selling a lifestyle within a secure gated environment with beautiful landscape and an affiliation with a hotel

Hanizah, who founded HD Concepts in 1987, is accustomed to a fast-paced life, having developed prominent projects in Kuching, Sarawak, including the Riverbank Suites, Riverside Round Restaurant and the new Kuching Court Complex.

“My husband, Azim Aziz, and a few friends bought a seven-acre tract in Langkawi for development and I was very jealous,” laughs Hanizah. Azim is the CEO of ATSA Architects Sdn Bhd and the architect for RERRS.

With the help of her personal assistant, the restless Hanizah sourced and found another 7-acre tract on the island next to the fishermen’s jetty at Kampung Temoyong.

“To get to the site, we had to drive through a long quiet road which ends at the fishermen’s jetty. From there, we had to cross to the other side and climb the hill to reach the site. But it was worth it as the place is beautiful. It’s the kind of place you want to keep as your secret hideaway,” says Hanizah.

Over the course of one year, the developer began acquiring the surrounding parcels of land until the site reached the present 17 acres. The initial idea was to build a high-end gated residential development to fill a void in the market. The idea soon evolved into a hotel before settling into the mixed hospitality and resort residential development it is today.

A secret hideaway

RERRS is split into three precincts. Precinct one, which is phase one and two, comprises 121 units of resort apartments. Precinct two houses the five-star 116-room Eco-Hotel. The beach-fronting precinct three comprises 31 units of luxury Cabana Villas.

Artist's impression of the Tree Top Villas

Rahsia Estates has appointed home-grown Ri-Yaz Hotels and Resorts to manage and maintain the luxury development. The resort apartments in precinct one, branded as Ri-Yaz TreeTop Villas @ Rahsia Estates, offer a leaseback programme with a guaranteed annual return of 5.5% net for five years. Some 59 units were launched on May 22, with the rest of the units to be launched at a later date. All the units, except for those in the Eco-Hotel, will be up for sale.

The units range from 650 to 4,500 sq ft and are priced between RM650,000 and RM7 million. Owners enjoy a two-year waiver on maintenance fees and are entitled to two weeks’ free stay per year.

Artist's impression of the Eco-Hotel

The hotel operator will brand the Eco-Hotel in precinct two as Ri-Yaz Eco-Hotel @ Rahsia Estates. The contract is for a period of 12 years with the first rights given to Ri-Yaz to extend on a five-yearly basis.

“It took us about four years to get the necessary approvals and come up with the right design and concept. We have worked hard, so we looked far and near to find an operator that shares the same vision. We ended up finding one closer to home than we expected,” says Hanizah.

She adds that Ri-Yaz and Rahsia Estates were well matched, and the former understood and could envision what the developer wanted RERRS to be.

Ri-Yaz, which operates the Cyberview Resort & Spa in Cyberjaya and the Ri-Yaz Heritage Marina Resort & Spa at Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu, is looking to add another 600 rooms to its present inventory of 340 rooms by 2015. It is on an expansion drive to add more destinations worldwide, including India, Bali and Dubai.

Ri-Yaz is projecting an occupancy rate of 65% and an average room rate of RM1,200 in the first operating year at RERRS.

Artist's impression of the Cabana Villas

“We are selling a lifestyle within a secure gated environment with beautiful landscape and an affiliation with a hotel. We expect to increase the selling price by 10% to 15% for phase two because these units are located on top of a hill with great views,” she says.

Hanizah is confident of sales based on the response from international hospitality management outfits which the company talked to during the search for a manager. The developer took a year to meet prospective parties before deciding on Ri-Yaz.

“Overall, we received great response from hotel operators. Many were keen to come to Langkawi. As hotel operators, they would have done their market research and know which location and product will sell,” offers Hanizah.

Place to de-stress

The developer has plans to build an aesthetic clinic on top of the hill. Hanizah says it will not be a “heavy duty” clinic, focusing instead on lighter offerings such as face lift, botox and alternative treatments such as ayurvedic treatment.

“What we want is a clinic that focuses on health, nutrition and general well-being. People are so stressed these days, we want to offer them a place where they can go trekking, take a boat ride, do treatments and where their nutritional needs are met, basically a place to de-stress,” says Hanizah.

The developer will soon be kicking off its sales road show in Singapore, Jakarta and Miri in Sarawak, targeting investors.

“We are going to Miri because Brunei citizens will fly in there on weekends and we have contacts in Miri too. After these stops, we will assess our progress before hitting the Middle East, where Ri-Yaz has good contacts,” says Hanizah.

After its official launch late last year, RERRS has garnered strong interest from foreigners, some of whom are participants of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme.

“We have been sending out our newsletters which has helped us gain interest from the Japanese and Koreans. We received some interest from Europeans as well,” shares Hanizah.

The construction, undertaken by Korea-based Sun Jin Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd, started in March. Sun Jin constructed the Four Seasons Resort in the Maldives and renovated the Hard Rock Hotel in Penang. The development is expected to be completed by mid-2015.

Environmentally conscious

The development is also the first Malaysian Green Building Index (GBI) certified mixed hospitality and resort residential development.

“We are putting in green features such as rain water harvesting and solar panels as well as inverter air conditioners for the rooms, which cuts about 30% to 40% of the electricity bill. We also took care in how we design the overall structure to ensure good ventilation,” says Hanizah.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Rahsia Estates will also rejuvenate the surrounding mangroves and upgrade the nearby fishermen’s jetty.

“We want to turn the mangrove area into a park with a museum, docking bay and restaurant, so that it becomes a tourist attraction. The restaurant will be leased to the hotel ... it sits right at the tip and has spectacular views,” says Hanizah, adding that the project will cost around RM2 million.

Hanizah, who has a fondness for developments by the water, is keen to build a development with the same concept in Sabah next.

“We are exploring and looking for land at the moment. Once we find the right place and opportunity, we will kick off the project.”

[rizalhakim]

Rahsia Estates in Langkawi draws foreign interest
http://www.theedgeproperty.com/news-...-interest.html

[nazrey]

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Langkawi by anakayer - [temporarily off...!] اناكاىءر, on Flickr

[zawae87]

Originally Posted by nazrey

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Langkawi by anakayer - [temporarily off...!] اناكاىءر, on Flickr

wow.. so clean Langkawi.. perhaps, they need to upgrade airport la.. of coz because of it international standard..

[dean87]

WHSmith bakal buka kedai pertama di Asia
WARTAWAN SINAR HARIAN
27 Jun 2012

PERUNCIT dari United Kingdom, WHSmith akan membuka kedai pertamanya di Asia di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) dan Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Langkawi hujung tahun ini.

Pengurus Besar Kanan Perkhidmatan Komersil Malaysia Airports, Faizah Khairuddin berkata, beliau gembira dengan keputusan peruncit perjalanan antarabangsa itu bagi penerokaan pertamanya di Asia di kedua-dua lapangan terbang tersebut.

“Dengan pembukaan WHSmith, penumpang diberi pilihan bahan bacaan yang luas di kedai buku bertaraf antarabangsa, selaras usaha kerajaan menggalakkan tabiat membaca,” katanya.