No losses for bus operators under new ticketing policy, says Loke

Key points

• Malaysian Bus Operators Association president Datuk Mohamad Ashfar Ali said the change had raised concerns among operators who had invested in developing their own websites and ticketing systems to facilitate ticket purchases.
• Loke said the policy was aimed at restricting online ticketing agents (OTAs), which were mostly based overseas, from selling bus tickets and collecting commissions without providing services at the terminals.
• They sell these tickets and receive commissions, but they do not provide any services, including managing any services at the terminal," he said.

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