Saturday, 30 Jan 2021 01:06 PM MYTTourists are seen riding their bicycles along the streets of George Town. With the MCO, it has made the tourism sector among the worst hit sectors of Malaysia’s economy. — File picture by KE Ooi
“Domestic travel was also not mentioned in the NTP which is crucial for tourism recovery due to the pandemic. According to Tan, Matta as well as the Malaysian Association of Hotels have been excluded from the Tourism Malaysia Board for several years now after their past presidents were “kicked out” for their input prior to the rollout of the tourism tax in 2017.
He said this duality had been a problem even before the pandemic hit, and worsened the situation for licensed businesses during the period when travel has been banned.Tan suggested that to revive the industry, the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry focus on its core function which is regulatory, licensing, enforcement and policy changes and let Tourism Malaysia work independently on promoting and marketing travel destinations.
The MCO has now been extended to February 4, with interstate and interdistrict travel banned for the whole of Malaysia.
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