Published on: Sunday, January 31, 2021
By: Malay Mail
Credit: matta.org.my
Kuala Lumpur: The National Tourism Policy (NTP) launched just last month has failed to address many issues faced by industry players in the country who are struggling to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta).
Matta president Datuk Tan Kok Liang
(pic) said the government’s 10-year tourism roadmap launched last December 23 did not address travel challenges under the new norm, nor provide a clear plan for the next three years to reinvigorate the tourism industry that has been crippled by the coronavirus.
JANUARY 27 Tourism has been the sector of Malaysia’s economy worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. After all, the movement control order (MCO) and the lockdown orders to curtail the spread of the virus work against the very essence of the sector, effectively impeding the businesses of.