74 pct drop in tourist arrivals

KUCHING: Tourist arrivals to the state have dropped 74 percent from 4.6 million in 2019 to 1.2 million in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said in tandem with the decline, the tourism receipt also saw a 75 percent reduction as compared to 2019 […]

Mixed opinions on calls for crocodile cull

KUCHING: As human population expands and more tourists travel to croc country, fatalities are bound to increase. Add the ever-increasing population of crocs and it’s a recipe for inevitable disaster. Since the crocodile hunting was banned decades ago, the reptiles have grown in number. Nobody knows how many because it’s difficult and expensive to count […]

Up to state governments

HOTELS AS QUARANTINE CENTRES IPOH: The green light to turn hotels into Covid-19 quarantine centres is up to the respective state governments, said Minister in the Prime Minister‘s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof. He said the move could help the hotel industry raise the occupancies at hotels following the slowdown in […]