Malaysian Tourism Ministry Awaits Cabinet Paper To Abolish Visa For Chinese Tourists

SABAK BERNAM (Selangor, Malaysia), June 17 (Bernama) -- The Tourism and Culture Ministry of Malaysia is still awaiting the Home Ministry (KDN) to complete a cabinet paper on the proposal to abolish visas for Chinese tourists visiting the country. Its minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the cabinet paper would be studied by the cabinet ministers before any decision on the proposal was made. "We have to take steps to ensure an increase in the number of tourists from China to this country and for that we propose that the Chinese tourist visa be abolished," he told reporters, here Tuesday. Mohamed Nazri, in raising the matter at the cabinet meeting last Wednesday, said the proposed visa abolishment should be expedited in efforts to increase foreign tourist arrivals to the country. Hence KDN had been directed to prepare a cabinet paper to cancel the visa requirement for one year as a trial period. --BERNAMA