Chinese and Indian nationals must be allowed visa-free entry as their rapidly expanding middle-class populations offer the greatest potential for growth.
Tourist arrival figures to Malaysia for the first half of this year were posted on Tourism Malaysia’s website yesterday , and total arrivals were 9,160,069 – a massive 329.6% increase over the same period last year.
Such astronomical percentages will not be repeated in the second half of this year as large numbers of tourists had started arriving in the second half of 2022, following the lifting of international travel restrictions in April, and the easing of Covid-19 conditions in May last year. However, in the recent 2024 budget announcement, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said 2026 has been designated Visit Malaysia Year and the government is targetting 26.1 million tourist arrivals and RM97.6 billion in revenue.
Hence, there is no good reason to believe that nationals from China, India and Bangladesh pose greater risks than citizens of 163 other countries, as their incomes are fast rising, and their rapidly expanding middle-class populations offer the greatest potential for tourist arrivals. After the trial period, we could discontinue visa-free entry, or may even consider granting visa-free entry for 30 days as given to citizens from 94 other countries before upgrading to 90 days as enjoyed by nationals from 69 other nations.
In 2019, foreign tourists stayed for an average of 6.2 nights, but this had dropped to only 3.9 nights this year.
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