The trend began going upwards in November last year, shortly after the government allowed interstate travel following the gradual easing of Covid-19 restrictions, said Mohamed Faliq Farhan Abdul Wahab.
“There is a shortage of vehicles across the board as we have a network of agents who will ‘lend’ vehicles to car rental providers in need. This is because many sold their cars during the pandemic. He said that his customers are a good mix of locals and foreigners. In addition to tourists from Singa-pore, he has customers from Batam, Indonesia, who rent vehicles while visiting Johor Baru for medical reasons.
A chartered car service owner, who only wanted to be known as Lim, said his business has steadily recovered by about 60% to 70%.He returned to offer car rental services when the Malaysia-Singapore border reopened.