“Never look at tourists as a chance for making excessive profits, including to cheat by marking up prices, like taxi drivers who do not use the meter,” said our Prime Minister, YAB Dato
Tourists are not commodities to line our pockets with excessive profits
I have received complaints that out taxi drivers were rude and refused to use meter. Our own experience will tell us that the condition of our taxis are very poor. Spad and Ministry of Tourism must do something about it in order to give our country a good image. If these are not improved then we can forget about our tourism promotion. It will be a case of “melepaskan batik di tanga”.
It’s how we look at tourism – if it’s looked upon as one of the “industries” that contribute to our GDP, then tourists are considered as commodities like what you mentioned above.
I think it’s time to shift our perspectives treating tourists as travelers as the latter cherish experience over the desire to spend, spend, spend.
If we can actually cater as much as we can to all types of travelers, from budget backpackers to high-money rollers, we can position ourselves as a go to destination in South East Asia.
NCTM was a defunct organisation. It has been revised for a certain purpose best known to Shakar.
Another nonsense of Najib’s administration. He is surrounded by idiots and one of them is Shakar.
Spot on!