{"id":1210,"date":"2022-09-27T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2022-10-09T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T15:02:10","slug":"uzbek-and-tajik-see-sabah-a-perfect-destination-to-escape-winter-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"Uzbek and Tajik see Sabah a perfect destination to escape winter season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1662273691264-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1212\" class=\"wp-image-1212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1662273691264-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1662273691264-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/FB_IMG_1662273691264.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UzbekSabah-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1211\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UzbekSabah-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UzbekSabah-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UzbekSabah-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/UzbekSabah.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Uzbek and Tajik travel agents exploring Kota Kinabalu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: Uzbekistan travel agents wants to develop Sabah as their new tourism market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leovit Biznes charter owner Dilshod Elmuradov said they can start-off with charter flights to bring in visitors from Central Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the second time I\u2019m visiting Sabah. And this time, I\u2019m coming to plan for the charter flights with the local travel agents,\u201d said Dilshod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1341\" class=\"wp-image-1341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193531-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was here on a familiarisation trip from Sept 2-4, with a group of travel agents from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are planning to launch the direct charter flights to Sabah from one of the four destinations namely Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand or Namangan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equatorial humid climate of Malaysia is perfect for the Uzbeks to escape the freezing winter, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funholiday\u2019s managing director Connie Chong said the Uzbek and Tajik travel agents were excited to visit the islands at Tunku Abdul Rahman Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-1024x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1342\" class=\"wp-image-1342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-1024x462.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/20220901_193523-2048x923.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many had never seen the islands before because they lived in landlocked countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Uzbeks want to travel out from their country during the winter months from Dec to Feb, because the temperatures can drop below zero Celsius,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I-World sales manager Brandy Wong said there was a stark contrast between Sabah and Uzbekistan in terms of attractions, food, weather and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo the uniqueness of Sabah which is blessed with abundant of unspoiled nature is a perfect destination for them to explore,\u201d said Wong.-HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: Uzbekistan travel agents wants to develop Sabah as their new tourism market. 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