Boosts in tourism spurs need for more hotel rooms

Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (second from right) presenting red packets to children attending the Chinese New Year Open House of State Tourism, Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong (right) in Pontian,

PONTIAN: Visitors and tourists coming into Johor may find it difficult to get a hotel to stay, as there is a shortage of rooms available in the state.

State Tourism, Trade and Consumerism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong said that presently there was a shortage of about 11,700 rooms in the state.