Holidaymakers at the Batu Ferringhi beach where many hotels are found along the popular tourism belt in Penang during the last Christmas holidays. – Filepic
STAYCATION packages are just not cutting out as a way for hotels in Penang to stay afloat, said Malaysia Association of Hotels Penang chairman Raj Kumar.
Despite attractive packages to lure local folks to get a dose of some hotel luxury, he said, the market remains largely unmoved and the hotels badly need interstate travel to be allowed again.
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