For months, Genting Malaysia has looked forward to reopening its flagship property, Resorts World Genting, which closed on May 31 due to a high incidence of Covid-19 infections. A tentative reopening date was set for October 1, but the resort remains closed, and will remain so indefinitely.
According to GGRAsia, plans for a “domestic-tourism bubble” that would have permitted the complex to reopen was shelved by order of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who said interstate travel will not return until the adult vaccination rate reaches 90 percent.
Malaysia’s Star newspaper reported that as of September 26, some 19.5 million individuals, or 83.1 percent of the adult population had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
RWG has been closed since June 1 under Malaysia’s nationwide lockdown. The company recently revealed that around 95 percent of its Malaysian staff had been vaccinated as of late August.
Genting Malaysia reported a net loss of MYR366.7 million (US$87.4 million) in the three months to June 30 on global Covid closures.
