KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) is calling on the government to grant visa free travel for Chinese and Indian tourists visiting Malaysia.
MATTA President Datuk Tan Kok Liang said, "We laud the government's move to extend the 15-day visa exemption for tourists from China and India from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019, published under the Passports Act 1966 in the Federal Government Gazette."
"However, rather than extending the visa exemption policy, the government should work towards granting visa free travel for tourists particularly from China and India to attract more visitor arrivals and to become a tourist powerhouse holiday destination", he said,
According to Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia received an increase of 34.2% growth of Chinese tourist and 10.4% growth of Indian tourist from January to September on 2018 compared to the same period on 2017.