SIBU: Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah says the tourism tax introduced last September should be maintained as it is not burdening Malaysians.
He said this yesterday in response to Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik’s statement that his ministry had no intention of cancelling the tourism tax imposed on foreign tourists since Sept 1 last year.
Bakhtiar said based on their assessments, tourism tax, which was also implemented by other countries such as the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, Singapore and Indonesia, had proven to have a positive impact on the tourism sector in the long run.
