KUALA LUMPUR: HOTELS in Genting Highlands would need 30,000 rooms to cater to the demand from future tourists, especially when the outdoor theme park starts operation by next year2020. He said most of the China travellers coming to Genting Highlands are day-trippers who that they stayed in hotels in the Kuala Lumpur city centre. They travelled to Genting Highlands in the morning and went back to the city by 7pm. When asked on the challenges, Lim said Genting Highlands was in short supply of rooms during the weekends but in oversupply over the weekdays, and this was something hotel operators in Genting Highlands should address. “All Genting Highlands hotels need to be firm on the rates in order to command better yield.

Source: New Strait Times October 21, 2019 03:00 UTC