JUNE 7 — Visit Malaysia 2020 was the dream of local tourism players for our nation to have its largest number of visitors through multiple strategic promotions and partnerships. The stage was set for all of this to happen by having the entire industry on board the vision of bringing in a total of...
Sunday, 07 Jun 2020 08:54 AM MYT
Airlines and big OTAs such as Agoda and AirBnB have started their downsising procedures to sustain themselves until the borders are made open again. 1. One very interesting approach is how Germany has restarted its Bundesliga campaign with strict SOPs in place. A local player in the name of Lexis Penang is one that has taken up such measures and this has ended up bearing fruit for them with occupancy rates reaching almost 50 per cent.
2. As for interstate travel, we should take note of Sabah’s encouraging stance in allowing people to enter its borders without quarantine enforcement. Compulsory Covid-19 screening tests should be enforced for those individuals who are travelling interstate but there should be considerations taken by the state governments to subsidise the cost of such tests.Another potential beneficiary would be the airlines, which could bundle domestic travels with accommodation packages and regain some momentum that they need very badly.
The difference here is that with the travel vouchers, you are encouraging Malaysians to go out and travel domestic safely.
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