Malaysia has lost RM3 bil in tourism business due to Covid-19 to date

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Tourism Malaysia is focusing more on encouraging domestic tourism to mitigate the impact of the disease outbreak. FMTNews TourismMalaysia Roadshow Coronavirus Covid19

Senior officials from Tourism Malaysia at the roadshow held in Kota Kinabalu today.

“We have to accept the reality that the tourism industry is the first to be affected by the outbreak in China. He said it was aimed at gathering the views and recommendations of the tourism players on how the government could assist them in cushioning the impact of the Covid-2019 outbreak. He said domestic tourists, including those from neighbouring nations like Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines, had contributed RM70 billion to the economy.“This shows that domestic tourism has contributed much to the industry.

On business travel, Musa noted the government had set up several incentives such as the Gamelan grant for companies which can assist the industry by organising meetings, incentives, conferences and exposition .

 

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