Nancy Shukri: Hotel reservations surge, occupancy up to 30pc in June
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020 06:30 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The tourism sector has seen an upsurge, with hotel reservations nationwide showing an increase of up to 30.74 per cent until June, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri. “In terms of hotel reservations, from March, the occupancy rate was 18.29 per cent. In April it dipped 8.86 per cent because of the peak and in May, during the recovery movement control order , 9.63 per cent.
She said the ministry always cooperated with the industry players in the tourism sector to tackle the effects of Covid-19.
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