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The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry will look for ways to help tourism industry players who have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.Covid-19 is the official name announced by the World Health Organisation for the 2019 novel coronavirus.Tourism minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi said the ministry was aware that industry players were currently facing many problems which caused a drop in their earnings.“We have held several series of meetings and discussions with the tourism industry players and they told us the many problems they faced including a drop of up to 30 per cent in bookings for accommodations.“When the number of visitors drop, their earnings will also drop, resulting in other problems such as loan repayments for industry players who still have bank loans,” he told reporters after launching the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 here today.