204 hotels, travel agencies shuttered due to pandemic, restriction orders

PARLIAMENT | A total of 204 tourism-related entities have closed down nationwide between March and October due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the movement restriction orders.

According to Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Nancy Shukri, 109 of them were hotels, resorts, motels, homestays and chalets whereas 95 were travel agencies and those dealing with tourism activities.

Responding to Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (BN-Machang), she told the Dewan Rakyat today that some of...