PETALING JAYA: More funds are needed for tourism promotion activities if Malaysia wants to remain competitive with its neighbouring countries, according to a tourism group.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 Tourists from China used to visit South-east Asian countries like Malaysia in large tour groups, but that was before the Covid-19 pandemic. Their.
PETALING JAYA: Public health must be safeguarded even while the country looks to the tourism sector to drive economic recovery, says the Malaysian Association of Tours and Travel Agents (MATTA).
PETALING JAYA: Tax incentives for locals to travel domestically should be introduced in the revised Budget 2023, says the Malaysia Budget and Business Hotel Association.
UNCERTAIN about when Chinese tourists one of the country’s largest source of tourist revenue before the Covid-19 outbreak will return to the market, hospitality players are turning to tourists from countries like India and Indonesia to fill the gap. Pre-pandemic, China had been a major tourist market globally as 10% of its 1.41 billion population travelled internationally. The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in its International Tourism Highlights, 2020 Edition, said that in 2019, China was the world’s top spender in international tourism, spending US$255 billion.