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COVID-19 pandemic and Movement Control Order (MCO) implementation has affected businesses negatively. Therefore, this study investigates the intention to stay in the Tamu business amongst the Sabah Tamu operators. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data by undertaking purposive and snowballing sampling using a cross-sectional study. Furthermore, the mean difference tests revealed that only the location of the Tamu operators showed a significant mean difference in intention to stay among the respondents. Meanwhile, the post hoc test showed that those in the West Coast of Sabah have a higher statistically significant mean difference than those in other areas such as Kudat, Interior and Tawau division of Sabah. There was no statistically significant mean difference in intention to stay in Tamu business regarding the respondent's age, gender, marital status, education, number of years in Tamu business, and purpose of doing business at Tamu. With a high mean score for intention to stay in Tamu business regardless of the respondent's profile and their responses for more than 60 % indicating Tamu as their primary source of income, the findings implied that most Tamu operators relied on Tamu as their primary business platform. Therefore, it might be difficult for them to leave their current business to venture into a new business that they are not familiar. Therefore, the relevant authorities should provide appropriate supports to these affected Tamu business operators.
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To Cite this Article: Lily, J., Idris, S., Yaakob, A. R., Jamrin, Z., & Kogid, M. (2022). Covid-19 Pandemic: Intention to Stay of Sabah Tamu Operators in Tamu Business. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(1), 495 – 503.
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