IPOH: About 50% of the locals have either cancelled or postponed their travel plans to China, Hong Kong and Vietnam since the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), said Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) president Tunku Datuk Seri Iskandar Abdullah.
The statistics was an estimate based on reports by members, he said. Conservatively speaking, there has been at least a 35% drop in businesses, he told reporters after the Matta Perak Chapter's annual general meeting here yesterday.