PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s borders will reopen on April 1, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today. “With this, Malaysian citizens with valid travel documents can enter and leave the country as they did before the pandemic,” he said at a press conference. The country’s borders have been closed since the first movement control order (MCO) […]

BANGKOK (Feb 14): The Thai government is planning to reopen Thailand-Malaysia border in March to boost tourist arrivals, as Malaysian tourists have been the largest group of visitors to Thailand before the Covid-19 pandemic. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) and Tourism Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) has been ordered to prepare and outline the […]

Langkawi – Malaysia is generally ready to receive the arrival of tourists when the resort island reopens under the tourism bubble programme from Sept 16, 2021. Langkawi Development Authority (LADA) chief executive officer Nasaruddin Abdul Muttalib said nearly all tourism products on the island are expected to be open to tourists, subject to the standard […]

1 SEPTEMBER 2020 – AirAsia is introducing counter check-in fees in selected countries and cities effective today, following the successful deployment of its contactless check-in kiosks and enhanced mobile app features recently. The fees are RM20 per guest for domestic flights and RM30 per guest for international flights. However, guests can conveniently avoid paying these […]

A special ‘green lane’ will be opened specifically for this purpose Singapore and Malaysia will be reopening borders for business travel starting from August 10th 2020. The reopening is part of a “reciprocal green lane” between both countries, announced by both country’s ministries of foreign affairs, after nearly 5 months of closures due to the pandemic. “These two schemes are […]

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