Malaysia’s tourism recovery flops as Thailand, Indonesia cash in
Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Malaysia’s tourism recovery flops as Thailand, Indonesia cash in Malaysia is struggling to bring back tourists compared with its Southeast Asian peers after scrapping pandemic curbs. ADVERTISEMENT Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – For Arthur Wilkinson, a Penang-born entrepreneur who opened Malaysia’s first flotation therapy centre on his tropical island home, nearly two years without tourists marked the end of the road. ADVERTISEMENT Float For Health, located in Tanjung Tokong, a coastal township on the northeastern side of Penang island, shut up shop for good in January 2021 as border restrictions introduced to keep out COVID-19 reduced customers to a trickle. ADVERTISEMENT “Eighty percent of my customers were tourists, and at that time, anyone working in this industry suffered for obvious reasons,” Wilkinson, who also runs t