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Welcome boost: With the suggestion to relax curbs for two-dose vaccine recipients, it is hoped that people will be able to travel and eat at a food court as shown in this file picture taken before the pandemic.
GEORGE TOWN: The proposal to ease movement restrictions for those who have been fully vaccinated is a much-needed boost to those involved in the tourism industry.
Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Penang Chapter chairman K. Raj Kumar said the suggestion, if materialised, would help inject some life into the fragile industry which had been badly hit by the pandemic since last year.
Malaysia s Penang Hosted 156 Events in 2020 07 May 2021
Despite the halt on international travel and limitations for business events, Penang recorded a total of 156 events with 19,283 participants and 48,963 room nights in 2020.
This was announced by the Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) through a small launching ceremony held at The Wembley, followed by a ‘buka puasa’ or Iftar dinner served to the guests by the hotel personnel.
Being their first official event of the year, launching the 2020 Business Events Penang Annual Review together with PCEB CEO Ashwin Gunasekeran were The
Rt. Hon. Chow Kon Yeow (Chief Minister of Penang) and
The Hon. Yeoh Soon Hin (Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy).