SEPANG, 24 February 2021 – As Malaysia joins other Asean neighbours in rolling out a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign today, AirAsia is calling on all members of society to participate and support their respective governments towards ending the pandemic. Recent forecasts including by the World Health Organisation (WHO) cite that the end of COVID-19 is…
KOTA KINABALU: Despite the current travel restrictions in Malaysia, Sabah Tourism Board (STB) continues to market and promote Sabah domestically. The #RinduSabah campaign was a three-month campaign targeting the Malaysians. High visibility destination awareness has also been executed in the Klang Valley particularly AEON malls, Bukit Bintang and the Mont Kiara area which does have…
KOTA KINABALU: Eye for the major Malaysian cities and civil servants to revive the Sabah tourism industry. Kinabatangan-Corridor of Life-Tourism Operators Association (KiTA) President Alexander Yee reasoned that these two targets has the spending power, furthermore civil servants have been financially insulated during the Covid-19 pandemic. “For the time being, domestic market is not the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri hopes to see a new approach to curb the spread of Covid-19, other than continuing to ban interstate travel. She reasoned that tourism industry involved the moment of people from one location to another. “When there is no movement, it means there is…
KOTA KINABALU: Homestay’s operators and those involved in rural tourism urged the Government to lift the inter-district travel ban in the coming Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) which starts on February 19 to March 4. Kohadie Watiman Deputy President of Malaysia Kampungstay and Homestay Association (MKHA) said the Government should no longer implement the inter-district…
The Relationship Between ‘Industry Transparency’ and Speed of Recovery By Trevor Stuart-Hill, Founder and president of Revenue Matters and Eric Sutfin, CMO for Social Capital Agency Trevor Stuart-HillEric Sutfin As with any crisis or “shock” to the hospitality and tourism industry, there is always a period of recovery followed by stabilization. Each shock has its own set of factors…
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Association of Tour and Travel Agents (SATTA) urged the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (MOTAC) to include China, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong for the creation of travel bubble arrangements with neighbouring countries during the Covid-19 situation. SATTA Chairman Dato’ Seri Winston Liaw said the countries he mentioned had contributed significantly…
KOTA KINABALU: The recovery phase for the Sabah tourism sector is expected to take longer than other states due to its heavy reliance on air transport. However, Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin is optimistic that all the strategies outlined would effectively restore the industry in the new norm. “We have planned and…
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Native Registered Tourist Guide Association (PBB) and the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) has successfully collected 100 pints of blood in their joint blood donation campaign on January 9-10. The programme was held at MRCS premises off Tuaran road here to help the blood bank of Queen Elizabeth Hospital 2. About…
KOTA KINABALU: The predicament faced by the residence owners of Ming Garden Hotel and Residences were among the issues raised during the Sabah Maju Jaya-Engagement Session with Sabah Tourism Stakeholders on Tuesday. Dato’ Seri Winston Liaw who was one of the affected owners has during the meeting appealed to Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk…