{"id":209,"date":"2020-03-01T15:24:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2020-03-01T15:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:24:55","slug":"matta-fair-sabah-confirms-on-apr-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"MATTA Fair Sabah confirms on Apr 3-5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/matta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/matta.jpg 698w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/matta-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/matta-582x298.jpg 582w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents\n(MATTA) Fair Sabah scheduled on April 3-5 at ITCC Penampang will proceed\ndespite the constraint of the tour and travel industry due to the Covid-19\noutbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MATTA Sabah Chapter chairman Lawrence Chin (3rd right) believed the fair will bolster confidence and allay the fear to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of attractive travel packages for domestics, Sarawak,\nBrunei and nearby countries are in store for the travellers to make their\nchoices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are targeting about 60 booths and the fair will also be a place\nto create awareness because we expect the market to pick up,\u201d Chin said on\nSaturday, 29 Feb 2020 at MATTA Sabah Chapter Secretariat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also hope the consumers will take note of the RM1,000 individual\npersonal tax relief which MATTA has been asking for to stimulate the domestic\nmarket,\u201d Chin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will be writing to the government to make sure only licensed\ntour operators and hotels are selling stimulant packages to prevent unlicensed\noperators from taking advantage, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holidaymakers can book their domestic tours for the coming short and\nlong terms breaks on May 1 (Labour\u2019s Day); May 23 to June 7 (Hari Raya, Harvest\nFestival and school holidays) and July 25 to August 2 (school holidays).-HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) Fair Sabah scheduled on April 3-5 at ITCC Penampang will proceed despite the constraint of the tour and travel industry due to the Covid-19 outbreak. MATTA Sabah Chapter chairman Lawrence Chin (3rd right) believed the fair will bolster confidence and allay the fear to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}