THE Human Resources Ministry’s decision to extend the relaxation of conditions on foreign worker recruitment to the tourism industry will help solve 10% to 20% of its manpower needs, industry players said.
Malaysian Chinese Tourism Association (MCTA) president Paul Paw said the move would greatly assist the labour-intensive industry rebound from the havoc wreaked by the Covid-19 pandemic – during which thousands of workers left the sector or were laid off following a standstill forced by the Covid-19 lockdowns.