MP wants govt to look into 'illegal' tour guides issue
Published on: Friday, July 28, 2017
Kota Kinabalu: DAP Member of Parliament for Sandakan, Stephen Wong, called on the Government to look into the "Illegal" tour guides issue at Kota Kinabalu International Airport instead of being too quick to punish local tour guides who participated in the protest.He made the call after handing a letter to Federal Tourism, Art and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz at the Parliament Thursday.He said in the letter he also called on the Government to hold a dialogue between the local tour guides and listen to their grievances.
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"The fact is that the local tour guides are unhappy about 'sit-in' tour guides who are hired by tour operators with lower pay as their income is seriously affected. "These sit-in tour guides are allegedly not fluent in Mandarin and therefore tour guides from China would normally play the role to introduce local tourism spots in Mandarin. Although it's not illegal, it is arguable as it ends up with local tour guides losing their jobs," he said.He urged the Government to prioritise local tour guides to handle China tourists. Nazri agreed to meet Wong in person on August 7 after receiving the letter.
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