KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Association of\nTour and Travel Agents (SATTA) described the sudden surge of COVID-19 cases in\nthe east coast of Sabah as unfortunate as it has immediately stalled the\ntourism activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its chairman, Datuk Winston Liaw said the tourism activities were slowly picking up to 20-30 per cent in the east coast in July and August after the tourism industry carried out holidays promotion packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have embarked on the weekends\ngetaway promotions which saw very good response as all the resorts and hotels\nhas enjoyed occupancies,\u201d said Liaw in referring the Targeted Enhanced Movement\nControl Order (TEMCO) imposed in Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna starting\nfrom September 29 to October 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Due to the recent surge in COVID-19\ncases, he disclosed: \u201cThe industry received a lot of cancellations and recorded\nno new bookings coming in for future dates, the government did the right thing\nto lock down the east coast badly affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTourism industry can only start to\nrecover again when the country COVID-19 report is back to single digit, even\nafter it sustain the single digit, tourists will wait and see for another one\nmonth, ensure they are safe to travel then they will start to make bookings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the moment, he said the government\nshould look closely at the situations in the west coast, maybe we should go\nback to Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in certain areas to ensure COVID-19\nwill not spread to other less cases areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the spreading rapidly, we urge the government\nto act immediately without further delay to ensure the safety of the Sabah\ncitizens, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, 12 active cases were reported in Kota Kinabalu which prompted Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin mulling a lockdown for the state capital as the cases are rising.-HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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