Poor job prospects for tourism workers in Malaysia and globally

It is estimated that over 8,000 hotel industry workers in Malaysia have been laid off amid the pandemic. — CHAN TAK KONG/The Star

The slow recovery of tourism will see the sector’s year-on-year contribution to global GDP rise by less than one third in 2021, according to a new study by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

The research pointed out that at the current rate of recovery, tourism’s contribution to the global economy could see a similar moderate year-on-year rise of 31.7% in 2022.