Tourism industry gears up, even with shorter school vacation

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The travel industry is gearing up to cope with a larger influx of travellers over a shorter period.PETALING JAYA: Several key players in the tourism industry have predicted that the shorter year-end school holidays in 2020 and 2021 will be unlikely to affect the industry’s recovery into the new year. Malaysian Association of Hotels president Mohamad Halim Merican said there were still enough holidays, festivals and long weekends for people to travel domestically, which can help sustain the industry. He told FMT that the industry’s recovery so far had exceeded expectations, with hotels averaging 33% occupancy rates, 8% higher than the forecast rates for the entire year. “Since it is currently at 33%, we expect it to touch at least 40% as the year closes. There will not be a full recovery next year, but we hope to be in the mid-50% in terms of occupancy. But this is subject to whet…