MCO: Tourism players operate in 'fragile and uncertain' environment


Petaling Street, a popular tourist spot, was mostly deserted during the MCO last year. - LOW BOON TAT

Tourism players in the country need to cope with operating in a very fragile and uncertain environment, in light of another phase of the movement control order.

Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said this is a new reality that the local tourism industry has to grapple with.

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