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LETTER | Tourism industry in dire need of life support

LETTER | Tourism industry in dire need of life support Modified5:12 am - LETTER | There have been many regular reports of tourism industry leaders reminding the government of the importance of our local tourism industry, which in 2019 contributed 15.5 percent to our economy and employed 3.6 million people or 23.6 percent of our nation’s workforce. But so far, there had been no workable solutions that could benefit the entire tourism industry, given that it encompasses many sectors and overlaps many other industries. Moreover, inflated tourism statistics include leisure activities that have nothing to do with any tourism business. For example, the gross value added of all tourism industries was a whopping RM240.2 billion in 2019, and this included inbound, domestic, and outbound tourism expenditures. The largest contributor was domestic tourism expenditure with RM103.2 billion.

Tour vehicles won t save sinking hotels

Tour vehicles won’t save sinking hotels Pix for representational purpose only. YESTERDAY, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that travelling for tourism is now allowed but only between states under the recovery movement control order (RMCO), but not those still under conditional movement control order (CMCO). He said those wanting to travel for tourism must use the services of tour agencies registered under the Tourism, Culture and Arts Ministry, and use transport provided by them. Also, tour agencies will need to get approval from police for cross-border travel. While travelling, they must proceed directly to the destination at another RMCO state and are not allowed to stop when passing through a CMCO state. They must also reserve their accommodation and tourism activities ahead of the trip.

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