VMY 2020 target to remain despite Covid-19's impact, says minister

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Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Mohamadin Ketapi says it is too early to lower the target of 30 million visitors. FMTNews VMY2020 VisitMalaysia Sabah Tourist

Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Mohamadin Ketapi receiving a memento from Pacific Asia Travel Association CEO Mario Hardy in Kota Kinabalu today.

“To keep on adjusting the target may not be proper. For example, we adjust it to 20 million, what if the problem is prolonged, should we, you think, then adjust it to 15 million or 10 million? Yesterday, Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry secretary-general Noor Zari Hamat said the tourism industry had suffered an estimated RM3 billion losses from booking cancellations due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

“You’ll get back your 30 million and probably more but the question is how long,” he said, adding that the question of adjusting arrival targets was also a dilemma in other Asian countries. On average, the industry would need about six months to reach the same growth level it had before, he added.

 

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