Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourism in Malaysia and Strategies for Revival of this Sector

• Main Authors: Faizan Hasan Mustafa, Awangku Hassanal Bahar Pengiran Bagul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: B.P. Services 2021
• Subjects: G154.9-155.8 Travel and state. Tourism; HB1-3840 Economic theory. Demography
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31732/1/Impact%20of%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20on%20Tourism%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Strategies%20for%20Revival%20of%20this%20Sector.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31732/2/Impact%20of%20COVID-19%20Pandemic%20on%20Tourism%20in%20Malaysia%20and%20Strategies%20for%20Revival%20of%20this%20Sector1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31732/; https://horizon-jhssr.com/view-issue.php?id=96; https://doi.org/10.37534/bp.jhssr.2021.v3.n1.id1081.p165
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

The tourism sector is one of the major economic sectors in Malaysia that contributes to the country’s GDP amounting to RM 84.1 billion in monetary value, with 25.8 million tourist footfalls in 2019. This sector was expected to grow during the year 2020 and earn RM 100.0 billion but suffered a seriou...