Boom in Sabah tourism, yet rural youth earn little at hotel jobs | The Malaysian Insight

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Hotel jobs in Sabah offer dim future for rural youths

Tourists enjoy the beachfront at Tanjung Aru Sabah. Last year, Sabah recorded RM8.342 billion in tourism receipts and welcomed 3.879 million arrivals. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, July 21, 2019

DESPITE being a tourist haven, Sabah’s hotel front-liners are earning around 30% less than their peninsula counterparts, a situation that offers little hope of upward mobility for its rural youth who depend on such jobs for a living. The average starting salary of waiters, housekeeping and stewards in Sabah is RM1,000, said Sabah Hotel Employees Union secretary Ladis Yaman.

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Only the small quarter of people which r enjoying the tourism arrival while the others r just having another day of work. No different.

YB mkula how can you overcome this problem?

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