Malaysia to Offer Bangladeshi Transit Travellers Visa Free Entry from July

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | May 25, 2010 by D-8 Secretariat

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin (right) and Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen (left) announced that Malaysia grants the "transit without visa" offer to Bangladesh travellers

The Malaysian Government has said that from July this year, transit travellers from Bangladesh will not need a visa to enter the country, as reported by BERNAMA and The Star, Malaysia.

The Star quoted the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, as saying that the government, had decided to reinstate from July 1 the “transit without visa” offer to travellers from Bangladesh after considering the advantage it would offer in terms of attracting more tourists from the region.

He added Malaysia previously offered a similar privilege to travellers from the Indian subcontinent but it was later revoked.

“The Home Ministry has suggested some methods that will avoid abuse of the facility. We will discuss them with our local airline companies as we will need their cooperation for the offer to work,” he told after chairing the Cabinet Committee on Tourism meeting on Monday.

He said the details of how the offer would work and conditions would be announced soon.

It is understood that Malaysia is targeting an additional 8,000 to 10,000 visitors this year through the move that will only be offered to travellers with tickets for connecting flights.

Muhyiddin said the committee also agreed yesterday to the Tourism Ministry’s proposal to increase accessibility to the country and had asked local airlines like Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia and AirAsia-X to seek more landing rights abroad.

He added the committee had asked for promotions to attract tourists from the Middle East during the fasting month of Ramadan.

The committee also endorsed the proposal to add parks and gardens in Malaysia to the list of tourism sites and asked the ministry to work with the Housing and Local Government Ministry to look into upgrading them.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen later told reporters that parks and gardens were not listed as tourist attractions even though there were many travellers who loved visiting such places.

The Visa Free Regime will be applied to Indian, Pakistan and Sri Lankan national as well.

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