Tour buses at a depot. Tour bus operators hoping for a big break during Visit Malaysia 2020 instead found themselves unable to repay loans taken to buy the vehicles, which were towed away and are sitting idle at yards and depots, some waiting to be auctioned. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 16, 2022.
TOUR bus operators want to be ready when more visitors come to Malaysia, now that international tourism is allowed, but are facing a lack of buses and drivers. Having had almost no income for the last two years of the Covid epidemic, many have cash-flow problems and lack of funds to restart business, which include repairing buses and renewing vehicle insurance, several tour bus operators said.
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