SEA Games gives tourism a big push

Ensuring safety: The Philippines SEA Games team going through a security check point at the Eastin Hotel in Petaling Jaya.

PETALING JAYA: As Malaysia rolls out the red carpet to welcome the foreign guests as it hosts the 29th SEA Games, hotels across the Klang Valley are reporting high occupancy, and some are putting in place strict security checks.

Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) chief executive officer Yap Lip Seng said with the 12 hotels designa­ted for the Games’ participants being almost fully booked, there was a spillover as visitors had to reserve other hotels instead.