News about RISM

PETALING JAYA (June 21): Langkawi will be the first pilot area for Malaysian government’s green bubble programme.

PETALING JAYA (May 24): Malaysia hotel industry has suffered losses of over RM6.

Singapore (April 26): Despite the market slowdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Singapore hospitality market has remained robust with the opening of several new hotels, reported CNA.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The government has introduced new initiatives and extended existing ones for tourism, retail and other sectors that are affected by Covid-19 under the PEMERKASA stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 10): Malaysia’s 2020 tourist receipts plunged 85.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 27): One of the sectors most “battered” by the Covid-19 pandemic is the tourism industry.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 21): Ex-finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) has called for “out-of-the-box strategies” to save the local tourism industry which he describes as “bleeding to death”, reported FMT news today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Local hoteliers say the RM15 billion Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat Malaysia (Permai) assistance package, which was just announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, falls short of expectation as the tourism industry continues to grapple with struggling businesses amid the on-going Covid-19 pandemic and recently imposed Movement Control Order (MCO 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): The Malaysia Budget Hotels Association (MyBHA) yesterday demanded that the government act fast to help its association members, their employees and all tourism players who are hugely impacted by the reinstatement of the movement control order (MCO).

KUALA LUMPUR ((Jan 12): While he agrees with the need for the movement control order (MCO)  to imposed in the six states, Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) chief executive officer Yap Lip Seng (pictured) has to admit that it will further damage the local tourism and hospitality industry.