MAHB wants incentives for tourism industry from Budget 2018

CEOBursa Datuk Seri Tajuddin Atan (second, left) presents Best CEO for Investor Relation Award to CEO MAHB Datuk Badlisham Ghazali (second, right) during the Investor Relation Awards 2017, Malaysian Investor Relation Association (MIRA) at the Sime Darby Convention Centre yesterday. Lookng on are Deputy Chief Executive Securities Commission Malaysia Datuk Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin (right) and Chairman of MIRA Steven Tan Chek Chye. - Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) hopes the government will provide incentives for the tourism industry in Budget 2018 later this month in order to draw more tourists into the country.

Its managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said other countries in the region were improving the quality of their tourism products and services, so Malaysia needed to ensure it remained competitive.