PETALING JAYA: Travelling is set to cost more following the exclusion of express and tour bus services from receiving diesel subsidies effective June 10.
“With this new rate, it will surely be more expensive, and we are afraid that the agents will not take up our offers,” he said. It said operators had to absorb extra costs as the tourists were already inbound and the original price quotations could not be retracted. “Bus operators are only allowed to operate 30% of their fleet with executive coaches, while the remaining ones must be economy,” Ashfar said.
Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents president Nigel Wong said rate adjustments between 15-20% could be expected.