The impact of COVID-19 on tourism industry in Malaysia

ABSTRACT

The COVID-19, first reported in December 2019 in China before wider spread around the world. The pandemic is highly impacting the tourism industry in Malaysia, particularly, the airline and hotel businesses. Apart from that, this study also discusses the stimulus packages offered by the Malaysian government in order to ensure the sustainability of the tourism industry in Malaysia.

KEYWORDS:

• Disease
• COVID-19
• tourism
• hotel
• airline

Data availability statement

We confirm that the statistics supporting the findings of this study are available within the manuscript (Appendices). All the sources and links for the statistics are correctly recorded at the references.

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Notes on contributors

Lee-Peng Foo

Dr Lee-Peng Foo, is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Accountancy, Finance and Business, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia. She received her PhD from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2018. Her areas of research are international economics and health economics.

Mui-Yin Chin

Dr Mui-Yin Chin, is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Accountancy, Finance and Business, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Malaya in 2013. Her areas of research are international trade and foreign direct investment.

Kim-Leng Tan

Mr Kim-Leng Tan, is a lecturer at Faculty of Accountancy, Finance and Business, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia. He is a PhD candidate of Monash University, Malaysia. His core area of research is financial economics. He is familiar with programming and data analysis.

Kit-Teng Phuah

Dr Kit-Teng Phuah, is a senior lecturer at Faculty of Accountancy, Finance and Business, Tunku Abdul Rahman University College, Malaysia. She obtained her PhD from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2015. Her areas of research are food marketing and consumer behaviour.