Tag: Malaysia Inbound
Malaysian healthcare providers take consultations online to reverse medical tourism slump
Malaysia’s medical travel sector is turning to tele-consultation and digital services to provide continuity in foreign patient care as travel restrictions suppress medical tourist...
Singapore-Malaysia causeway light rail link project to begin end-November
The much-delayed JB-Singapore Rapid Transit (RTS) Link that connects Bukit Chagar in Johor Baru with Woodlands in Singapore may finally break ground at the...
Malaysia travel trade decry Budget 2021 as insufficient and biased
Malaysia's Budget 2021, tabled on November 6, has drawn criticism from travel and tourism industry leaders for failing to provide strong relief to safeguard...
Malaysia aims to resume leisure travel with neighbours by 1Q2021
Tourism Malaysia is hopeful that cross-border tourism for leisure will reopen in stages sometime in the first quarter of 2021.
Its director-general, Musa Yusof, said...
Entry ban needs rethink, say Penang medical tourism players
Penang medical service providers are urging the Malaysian government to rethink its blanket ban on incoming travellers from a number of ‘high-risk’ countries –...
More countries added to Malaysia’s entry ban list
The Malaysian government will impose an entry ban on citizens of countries that have reported more than 150,000 Covid-19 cases from Monday (September 7),...
Malaysia bans long-term pass holders from three countries
In a bid to tighten border controls, Malaysia will deny entry to long-term pass holders from India, Indonesia and the Philippines from September 7.
Senior...
Niche tourism eyed for Malaysia’s travel bubble plan
In a bid to attract international travellers back to Malaysia's shores amid the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) is...
AirAsia’s charter flights to boost Malaysia’s medical tourism
AirAsia is set to grow its medical tourism business by providing charter flight services from Indonesia, giving patients and medical tourists from Indonesia greater...
Malaysia eyes green zone regions for travel bubble plan
Malaysia is exploring the possibility of setting up travel bubbles with green status destinations, as opposed to countries, in efforts to spur economic growth...
