Despite Pemerkasa, budget hoteliers insists tourism industry needs more just to survive | Malay Mail

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Despite Pemerkasa, budget hoteliers insists tourism industry needs more just to survive

Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 11:15 PM MYTA store keeper at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman watching the live telecast of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announcing the Pemerkasa programme, March 17, 2021. ― Picture by Hari AnggaraKUALA LUMPUR, Mar 17 — Despite fresh incentives announced for the tourism industry under the Pemerkasa stimulus package, the Malaysian Budget Hotel Association said more substantial assistance was necessary to keep the sector’s operators afloat.

MyBHA national deputy president Sri Ganesh Michiel urged for the government to quicken the lifting of interstate border travel restrictions, which he said is among the main factors currently hurting the industry. “The government has to be aware that the closure of state and international borders has become the factor that contributes to the absence of local tourism and the lack of hotel guests.

He also urged the government to be more sensitive and concerned about players of the hotel and tourism industry, proposing for it to come up with a specific stimulus package for them.

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