News about tourism

KUALA LUMPUR (August 4): The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme is temporarily frozen to enable the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) to comprehensively restudy and reevaluate it.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): The tourism sector’s financing scheme worth RM1 billion under the National Economic Recovery Plan (PENJANA) is now open for application.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 27): The domestic tourism industry has shown encouraging development after tourism activities were allowed to resume when the Recovery Movement Control Order was enforced on June 10.

PUTRAJAYA (July 25): Malaysia is considering to implement travel bubbles with green status regions in an effort to spur economic growth in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): Discussions are currently ongoing for banks to provide targeted assistance to those in need, after the moratorium period ends on Sept 30, 2020, according to Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (pictured).

JOHOR BAHRU (July 20): The Cooperative Commission of Malaysia (SKM) Johor State plans to explore the eco and agro tourism market based on the potentials of the two sectors.

GEORGE TOWN (July 19): The Penang government has granted its Covid-19 Safety Accreditation certificate to 16 tourism industry players in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): The country’s domestic tourism sector, which is also badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic following enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), will recover earlier than expected, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): The hosting of indoor concerts and stage plays are now allowed to seat more than 250 people depending on the capacity of the event halls, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 -- The two-day Malaysia Virtual Travel Expo 2020 from August 22, 2020, could help boost the country's domestic tourism during the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) period, said Tourism Malaysia Domestic and Events Division senior director Datuk Dr Ammar Abd Ghapar.