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?