Tourist guides in Malaysia struggle to cope amid MCO and travel ban


More needs to be done for the tourist guide community that has been severely impacted by the pandemic. — Filepic

With borders closed to international travellers since March last year, many tourist guides in the country have been grappling with bread-and-butter issues.

The lack of travellers in a pandemic world means that their vocation has practically come to a grinding halt.

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