We can’t afford prolonged travel bans, say business groups

The tourism sector needs to rejuvenate and this requires the government to allow interstate and inter-district travel, says an industry body.

“Otherwise, people will die because they do not have food, not because they have Covid-19,” he told FMT. He said all hotels had strict standard operating procedures and sanitising equipment in place and he called for a conditional MCO that would allow hotel guests to move around.However, a representative of the travel business said the tourism industry was willing to accept continued restrictions although he found it “painful” to hear of the possibility of an extension of travel restrictions.

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