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MATTA: Profits from travel fair come with responsibilities

On 04-03-2011 MATTA president, Yg Bhg Datuk Khalid Harun told the Star that “consumers can purchase tickets at the MATTA fair without any worry of falling prey to any fly-by-night scams“, in HERE.  I believed that he was responding to my posting of 28-02-2011, in HERE. He also said that all participants at the MATTA fair are vetted. During last September MATTA fair there was an unlicenced agent participated.  If what Datuk Khalid said was true,  why MATTA did not detect the unlicenced travel agent during the travel fair last year.  This fact was a clear proof that MATTA did not scrutinise the legal or financial status of the participants in the travel fair.

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