{"id":103540,"date":"2026-06-16T09:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/?p=103540"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:42:41","slug":"tourism-company-fined-rm8000-for-failing-to-engage-a-licensed-tourist-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/tourism-company-fined-rm8000-for-failing-to-engage-a-licensed-tourist-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"TOURISM COMPANY FINED RM8,000 FOR FAILING TO ENGAGE A LICENSED TOURIST GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-path-to-node=\"13,0\"><span class=\"citation-417\">This statement highlights the firm action taken by the Pasir Mas Sessions Court, Kelantan, in imposing a fine on a tour operating company after it pleaded guilty to failing to engage the services of a licensed tourist guide during a domestic tour activity<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"13,2\">. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"13,4\"><span class=\"citation-416\">The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) reiterates that any offenses under the Tourism Industry Act 1992 constitute serious criminal offenses<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"13,6\">. <\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"13,8\"><span class=\"citation-415\">This continuous enforcement action is executed to uphold professionalism, guarantee service quality, and safeguard the overall image of the national tourism industry<\/span><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"13,10\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MINISTRY OF TOURISM ARTS AND CULTURE (MOTAC)<br \/>\n11 JUNE 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/MEDIA-RELEASE-TONG-BUS-COMPANY.pdf\">MORE INFORMATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dikeluarkan oleh:<\/em><br \/>\nUNIT KOMUNIKASI KORPORAT<br \/>\nKEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN, SENI DAN BUDAYA (MOTAC)<br \/>\n<em>Tel: 03-8000 8000 Fax: 03-88917181<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Website: www.motac.gov.my Email:\u00a0<span id=\"cloakcd40755d6aebdb218e5b591fc864e17c\"><span id=\"cloaka3df774550cc701798288aa0c7e8e0f5\"><span id=\"cloak94bbe5015603d32e38a336c5914550de\"><span id=\"cloakabd2ee3b7026ed40eb1664b40f2fae4c\"><a href=\"mailto:group.ukk@motac.gov.my\">group.ukk@motac.gov.my<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nFacebook, Instagram &amp; X: @mymotac<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This statement highlights the firm action taken by the Pasir Mas Sessions Court, Kelantan, in imposing a fine on a tour operating company after it pleaded guilty to failing to engage the services of a licensed tourist guide during a domestic tour activity. The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) reiterates that any offenses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-ms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103543,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103540\/revisions\/103543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}