Sunday, 23 May 2021 10:05 AM MYTThe hotel and tourism industry will require more assistance from the government if it is to survive the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic at all, said the Malaysian Association of Hotels. — Picture by Steven Ooi KEKUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The hotel and tourism industry will require more assistance from the government if it is to survive the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic at all, said the Malaysian Association of Hotels.
This can only be achieved with a long-term plan to control the situation, as the current movement control order implementations have proven to be ineffective. He added that as long as travel restrictions are in place and both domestic and international borders are closed, the tourism and hotel industry will not survive, regardless of total lockdown or not.