Johor needs more hotels

Tee (second from left) looking at the model of Suasana Iskandar. Looking on is UMLand Bhd chairman Tun Musa Hitam (second from right), group managing director Dennis Ng (right), and ONXY Hospitality Group president and chief executive officer Peter Henley (third from left).

JOHOR BARU: Johor will need more hotels soon to meet demand from the rising number of foreign as well as domestic tourists.

State Domestic Trade, Tourism and Consumerism executive chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong said tourism as well as other industries here have seen growth due to the development taking place within Iskandar Malaysia.