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Wizani Rosmin, Consul of the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Shanghai: Multiple Measures to Propel Tourism Recovery and Knowledge Sharing to Strengthen International Cooperation

Recently, Wizani Rosmin, Consul of the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Shanghai, had an exclusive interview with WTCF. He has shared his insights about what measures Malaysia has taken to drive tourism recovery, and strengthen tourism players confidence. Also, he expressed his expectation about tourism after the pandemic.

Release time : 2021-01-18 16:35:28
source : WTCF

According to the report released by the World Travel & Tourism Council, 75 million jobs in tourism are forecast to be at risk globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among those affected by the pandemic, Asia-Pacific region has been hit hardest. Malaysia, a tourist destination in Southeast Asia, has been no exception. In face of the challenges brought by the pandemic, the Malaysian government has introduced a lot of policies such as income tax exemption and financial subsidies to help the tourism players out of the crisis.

Recently, Wizani Rosmin, Consul of the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Shanghai, had an exclusive interview with WTCF. He has shared his insights about what measures Malaysia has taken to drive tourism recovery, and strengthen tourism players' confidence. Also, he expressed his expectation about tourism after the pandemic.

Wizani Rosmin, Consul of the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Malaysia

WTCF: As you know, this year, the whole world is affected by the pandemic. So what measures have you taken to combat the pandemic and reduce the industry losses?

Wizani Rosmin: Malaysia is experiencing a lockdown starting from March 11. But also there is a drop in new cases. So the government eased the regulation and started to introduce a movement control order. During that time, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia is aggressively promoting the domestic tourism. And then we can see that it helps the tourism players in Malaysia during that time. We are encouraging the citizens of Malaysia to travel domestically and providing them with the coupon, the voucher for domestic flights, accommodation and also some packages for them to travel and then spend more.

Apart from that, the government of Malaysia introduced a stimulus packages to help those affected in tourism industry. For example, there is income tax exemption. For those Malaysians who are spending the maximum 1,000 Ringgit Malaysia, they

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