Sarawak is seeking to set up a "tourism bubble arrangements with selected countries in view of economic activities which are expected to resume in this post Covid-19 vaccination period and our Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak (MTAC) will soon be announcing domestic tourism packages to support the local tourism sector.
I have mentioned this to our media friends after the opening ceremony of the ‘World Tourism Day 2021" celebration held last Monday and Sarawak will be more selective of the countries concerned as we work to restart tourism activities.
Sarawak may probably work with Singapore first and to see how it goes from there and the setting up of a "green zone" or a "travel bubble" for tourists from Singapore is reasonable because it already had a very strict strategy in place towards Covid-19 containment.
Perhaps for tourists coming in from Singapore, maybe our restrictions can be loosened a bit if they have already completed two doses of Covid19 vaccination and another country that may be considered next is our neighbour, Brunei Darulsalam.
It is heartening to see that more flights coming into the state, such as those from Penang and Johor, will be restored soon and it would indirectly contribute to reviving our local tourism industry. Thus, our community must learn to live with Covid-19 situation because the nation had already undergone various levels of movement control order (MCO) since the outbreak in March last year.
We must also realise that 99% of the new Covid19 cases in the state were patients classified under Category 1 or 2 with no or mild symptoms only. My personal opinion is that we are already at the late stage of the Covid-19 pandemic and the most important thing right now is we have one of the highest vaccinate rates in the country.
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