No hope, no future for more than 4,000 guides


Ravin Palanisamy

There are more than 8,000 registered tour guides in the country but there’s no inbound tourism as international borders remain closed. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, September 1, 2020.

THE Covid-19 pandemic has adversely impacted on more than 4,000 guides in Malaysia, with most of them depending solely on the tourism industry to eke out a living.

Malaysian Tourist Guides Council (MTGC) president Jimmy Leong Wie Kong told The Malaysian Insight there are more than 8,000 registered tour guides but when categorised into “new”, “critical” and “veteran”, the council found that some are in more dire straits than others.


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