Federation confident local tourism will recover once jabs available

5 Jan 2021 • 11:33 AM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah Tourism Federation (STF) is confident that the local  tourism sector will gradually  recover once Covid-19 vaccination is available to the public this year.

“Our tourism industry both in peninsula and East Malaysia which are badly affected by the global pandemic is expected to gradually improve once people starts receiving  the vaccine,” its President Tonny Chew said.

He said STF forecast such positive development will start to show signs most likely during the 3rd or 4th quarters of this year.

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“Our tourism players may start feeling the upward  trend earlier depending on how fast  the vaccine be made available to the people in Sabah,” he added.

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