COVID-19 has unquestionably had a negative influence on the Malaysian industry, including tourism. Players in the tourism industry who provide spaces for recreational and leisure activities have not only uncertainties about how to handle activities in their facilities during the epidemic without breaking the law, but also about how to stay afloat and avoid being dissolved owing to financial losses. Under the law, a person who has a sufficient degree of control over a premise is considered an occupier and bears a duty of care to protect the safety of visitors to his premises. As a result, any industry player in charge of a recreational or leisure facility is clearly required to take reasonable safeguards and appropriate precautions before reopening the business. The objective of this product is to create awareness among tourism industry players of the standard of care to be observed by visitors during the operation of their business while adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) provided by the government. The product’s novelty can be found in the legal framework’s construction, in which it eradicates the difficulty in learning and understanding the laws. The product can steer the reader to comprehend the concept of duty of care as outlined by common law. It can be used as a reference for tourism players in handling their business operations as it integrates the standard of care to be observed by the industry in accordance with the types of visitors of the said premise with the standard of operating procedures ordained by the government. In addition, the simplification of the law makes it easy to understand for non-legal background readers.
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To Cite this Article: Pauzi, S. F. M., Musa, M. S., Rahman, S., Zainal, M. A., Ismail, I. R., & Yaacob, Z. (2022). Soco v2: Legal Pocket on Liabilities and Standard of Care for Tourism Industry During Pandemic Covid-19. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(9), 1192– 1198.
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