Synchronising research with economic planning

THE global economy’s growing dependence on China has become obvious as Covid-19 continues its ravaging path around the world. At first it was the tourism sector which bore the brunt of the decline in business, as many tourism products around the world have suffered because of the reduced number of tourists from China.

It has been reported that every year, the world tourism industry enjoys revenue from the spending spree of more than 120 million tourists from China. When the arrivals suddenly stopped because of lockdowns and other travel prohibitions, tourism business around the world fell into disarray. For Malaysia, this is happening during Visit Malaysia 2020, which is a pity.