Malaysia

Add tourism industry players to Phase 2 of inoculation drive: Negri MB

If they’re vaccinated, longest-affected sector will recover, says Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 13 Mar 2021 2:18PM

Add tourism industry players to Phase 2 of inoculation drive: Negri MB
The tourism sector is one of the hardest-hit industries in the country when the Covid-19 pandemic spread in Malaysia early last year. – Pixabay pic, March 13, 2021

SEREMBAN – To restore the tourism sector, industry players should be given the chance to get the coronavirus jab during Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun.

He said tourism is the longest sector to be affected by the pandemic, which hit the country early last year.

“The tourism industry is the most affected compared with the construction industry and other industries. I am confident that if most of the players in the industry are vaccinated, the industry will recover,” he said after the opening of the Seremban Water Recreation Park here today.

Aminuddin said the government has allocated RM340,000 to develop the park, which opened in October last year, as a new tourism product in the state.

He said the park is open from Monday to Friday from 2pm to 7pm, while on weekends and public holidays, it is opened from 9am to 7pm. – Bernama, March 13, 2021

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