Budget 2021: Travel operators want more relief for fragile tourism sector


Tourist attraction Kwai Chai Hong in Kuala Lumpur which usually busy with tourists have been quiet due to the conditional movement control order. - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

Tourism stakeholders in Malaysia hope for initiatives that would boost the ailing travel sector ahead of Budget 2021, set to be tabled on Nov 6.

Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said the local tourism industry is currently very "fragile and sensitive".

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