Covid-19: Matta hopes Malaysian tourism will recover by June 2021


Tourists in Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur,m before the Covid-19 outbreak. - Filepic

The country’s tourism sector is expected to have a slow recovery on the last quarter of the year and should stabilise by June next year, said the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta).

Its president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said the Covid-19 pandemic had hit local tourism stakeholders hard.

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