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An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry

The tourism sector is expected to continue experiencing a significant increase in tourist arrivals. Meanwhile, the labour requirement especially in the tourism sub-sector has been anticipated to increase. However, the Covid-19 outbreak has interrupted the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia. Tour...

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Main Authors: Mohd Suib, Nurul Atiqah, Mohd Salleh, Norlida Hanim
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Published: UUM Press 2021
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HF Commerce
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spelling my.uum.repo.292642023-03-09T09:06:29Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29264/ An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry Mohd Suib, Nurul Atiqah Mohd Salleh, Norlida Hanim HF Commerce The tourism sector is expected to continue experiencing a significant increase in tourist arrivals. Meanwhile, the labour requirement especially in the tourism sub-sector has been anticipated to increase. However, the Covid-19 outbreak has interrupted the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia. Tourism sector’s receipt and the labour requirement will also be affected. The objective of this study is to forecast the labour requirements in the tourism sector in Malaysia. This study provides an initial overview of the labour requirements including during the Covid-19 outbreak which occurred in 2020. The method used in this study was the Input-Output method. The labour requirements were projected for three years, i.e. 2017, 2019 and 2020. Projections were also made based on a 25 percent decrease in Chinese tourist spending in Malaysia. The results showed that the labour requirements in 2017, 2019 and 2020 increased by 2.6 million people, 2.8 million people and 3.0 million people, respectively. However, when there was a decline in Chinese tourist spending, the labour requirement was 2.6 million people indicating a drop by -11.40 percent. The entertainment and recreation services were the most affected sectors when the Covid-19 outbreak occurred, at a rateof-66.31 percent. Discussions elaborated on the importance of labour requirements estimation in the tourism industry in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Implications of the study are also highlighted. UUM Press 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29264/1/IJMS%2028%2002%202021%2049-72.pdf Mohd Suib, Nurul Atiqah and Mohd Salleh, Norlida Hanim (2021) An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry. International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS), 28 (2). pp. 49-72. ISSN 2180-2467 https://doi.org/10.32890/ijms2021.28.2.3
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Mohd Suib, Nurul Atiqah
Mohd Salleh, Norlida Hanim
An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry
description The tourism sector is expected to continue experiencing a significant increase in tourist arrivals. Meanwhile, the labour requirement especially in the tourism sub-sector has been anticipated to increase. However, the Covid-19 outbreak has interrupted the number of tourist arrivals to Malaysia. Tourism sector’s receipt and the labour requirement will also be affected. The objective of this study is to forecast the labour requirements in the tourism sector in Malaysia. This study provides an initial overview of the labour requirements including during the Covid-19 outbreak which occurred in 2020. The method used in this study was the Input-Output method. The labour requirements were projected for three years, i.e. 2017, 2019 and 2020. Projections were also made based on a 25 percent decrease in Chinese tourist spending in Malaysia. The results showed that the labour requirements in 2017, 2019 and 2020 increased by 2.6 million people, 2.8 million people and 3.0 million people, respectively. However, when there was a decline in Chinese tourist spending, the labour requirement was 2.6 million people indicating a drop by -11.40 percent. The entertainment and recreation services were the most affected sectors when the Covid-19 outbreak occurred, at a rateof-66.31 percent. Discussions elaborated on the importance of labour requirements estimation in the tourism industry in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Implications of the study are also highlighted.
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title An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry
title_short An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry
title_full An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry
title_fullStr An Analysis of Labour Requirements and The Impact of Covid-19 On Malaysia’s Tourism Industry
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