Tourism industry cannot hold out until year-end, govt told

PETALING JAYA: Stakeholders in the tourism industry say it will be difficult for them to sustain operations until the end of October, when domestic tourism is expected to take off under the last phase of the national recovery plan.

The tourism, arts and culture ministry allows licensed travel agencies to venture into other businesses to sustain themselves. The Malaysian Association of Hotels said in a statement sent to FMT that it remained hopeful since the government had laid out a roadmap based on data and science to allow the tourism industry to plan ahead for its recovery.

“Having sustained losses for more than a year now, we will not be able to endure another six months and this will likely result in more hotels closing and more people losing their jobs if there is no additional assistance from the government.” Malaysian Budget Hotel Association president Emmy Suraya Hussein said budget hotels were severely affected long before the enforcement of the third MCO. She blamed the inter-district travel ban.

Only one word , GAGAL

Hotel is one of the workplace that we don’t really hear got Covid cluster, but the travelling involved in tourism is risky and something need to be done to help the workers who are almost 100% local

The actions the government is doing to curb spread of Covid is not giving us reason to hold on just despair. The recent plan announced is just a recycle of previous actions given new names. Nothing will change if we keep repeating doing the same thing MuhyiddinYassin MKNJPM

Melingkup very simple,to maintain not many..

This is absolutely true. A blanket shut down destroys everyone regardless of risk. Surely certain hotels shld b allowed to open in July for staycations at least. Many of them have NEVER had a covid case. So why shut them down if they follow SOPs and operated below capacity.

Terima kasih krjn prihatin

They know but they don't care.. only selfish political survival

Ramai x dpt bertahan sampai hujung tahun... seriously bebal... percepat vaksin, tgk balik data sapa penyebab cluster besar itu yg di tutup bukan semua dera rakyat x habis2. Dh setahun takkan x buat analysis.. bodoh.

Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Sarawak cops: Drug parties increasing in Kuching and Padawan during MCOKUCHING (Bernama): Drug-filled parties are becoming trend in the Kuching and Padawan districts during third movement control order, says Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

958 people detained for flouting MCO 3.0 SOP | New Straits TimesNSTnation More than 950 people were detained for breaching the standard operating procedures under the Movement Control Order 3.0 (MCO 3.0) yesterday. coronavirus covid19 SOP
Source: NST_Online - 🏆 17. / 53 Read more »

MCO: Drug activities at wild parties a trend in Kuching, PadawanThese wild parties are being organised behind closed doors following the implementation of the total lockdown.
Source: malaysiakini - 🏆 20. / 51 Read more »

Selangor police have issued over 2,000 compound notices for MCO violations since June 1BEIJING (Global Times): It would seem to some that a US war with China over the island of Taiwan appears imminent.
Source: staronline - 🏆 4. / 75 Read more »

Ringgit opens lower after MCO 3.0 extended | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, June 14 — The ringgit kicked off the week on a negative note against the US dollar following the extension of the third movement control order (MCO 3.0). At 9.03am, the local unit slid to 4.1130/1150 against the greenback versus 4.1070/1100 at the close on Friday last week....
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »

MCO 3.0: Malaysia suffers RM1b losses daily, says Muhyiddin | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The government has suffered losses of RM1 billion daily throughout the current movement control order (MCO 3.0), said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Describing the decision to implement the MCO as not an easy one, he said Malaysia needs to come out of the... Faucism, government induce stress, buat rakyat semakin sakit, mental and physical Idiot is not important what Malaysia is losing. People are losing lives and livelihood. But you are more interested doing perutusan khas....and not addressing how we are going to solve this. So why are you still the PM? Step down immediately
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »