Malaysia

Air Asia Group Berhad, Malaysia based low cost carrier, has announced on Monday (August 3) that Air Asia is setting up to resume the operation of passenger flights between Malaysia and Singapore, subject to further approval from the authorities in the both countries. The airline said in its press release, “These will be subject to further announcements by the Singapore ...

Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents [MATTA] conducted session on “The Best of Penang” for its members and media from 20-23 July in Penang. During the session, Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) together with Penang Global Tourism gave presentations on Penang Tourism and Business Events sectors respectively at a B2B session with Klang Outbound Travel Agents and Media. ...

Malaysia is gradually lifting the three month old ban on foreigners from entering into the country as it is now in the COVID-19 recovery stage.  Malaysia had earlier closed its borders for foreign visitors to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The country has now agreed to allow Singaporeans and Bruneians to enter into Malaysia without having ...

Genting Malaysia has decided to reopen the Resorts World Genting (RWG) from today (June 19) after being closed for past three months. It was closed on March 18 due to the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) implemented by Mr. Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia. However, only Genting Rewards members are allowed to enter into the Sky Casino in SkyAvenue ...

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has announced that all mosques and suraus in Malaysian state of Negri Sembilan will be allowed to receive worshipers for congregational prayers from this Friday (June 19). After chairing the State Exco Meeting at Wisma Negri, he said, “I am happy to state that trial runs conducted at eight mosques to receive worshipers depending on ...

Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to postpone the construction of 350 km long High Speed Rail (HSR) project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore again until the end of the year. The construction of the HSR project has been suspended since September 2018 and was due to resume at the end of May but now further suspended till December 31, 2020. ...

The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) said all tourism businesses in the country will have to adopt the new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to embrace the new normal for sanitized travel post COVID-19 pandemic. Datuk Tan Kok Liang, the President of MATTA, said that the idea of sanitized travel needs be adopted by stakeholders to create consumer’s ...

The Sabah government has allowed Domestic Tourism and Air Transport to re-open with some restrictions from today under the fifth phase of conditional movement control order (CMCO). “Recreational activities, sports and inter-district travel are also allowed under the new ruling”, said the Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie. Hotel accommodation, adventures, hot spots, food and beverage, ticketing service, transportation and ...

Mr. R. Vidyananthan, State Health and Environment Committee chairman, has informed on Sunday that starting from April 27th, Malaysians who want to return from Singapore will need an entry permit from the Malaysian High Commission in the island republic. To apply for the permit, Malaysians will need to provide details such as their name, identity card number, passport number, departure ...

The low cost carrier (LCC) Air Asia Berhad has decided to commence the domestic flights in Malaysia on April 29, after the approval from the authorities. Air Asia said in a statement “The resumption of services will initially be for key selected domestic routes, which will increase gradually to include international destinations around the network, once the situation improves and ...