KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Alongside Malaysians, foreign tourists were equally thrilled to witness the installation of His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim as the nation’s 17th King at Istana Negara today, an event held in an atmosphere deeply steeped in Malay royal traditions and customs.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — The Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) has revoked the operator's licence belonging to the tour bus company involved in an accident on Genting Highlands Road that claimed the lives of two Chinese tourists on June 29.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — The Tourism, Arts, and Culture Ministry (Motac) will temporarily suspend the licence of the travel agency involved in the Genting Highlands bus crash if investigations reveal it failed to comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

KUANTAN, June 30 — The driver of the tour bus involved in an accident which claimed the lives of two Chinese nationals on the way down from Genting Highlands yesterday has been remanded for four days.

MANILA, June 6 — Four Filipino police officers who are suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate were arrested for the abduction of four foreigners in Pasay City.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, June 6 — Selangor recorded a significant rise in tourists from China last year, outperforming other Southeast Asian countries, according to data from Tourism Selangor. It is the third consecutive year the state has seen an increase in arrivals from the...

PUTRAJAYA, May 4 — Security checks, including recording and verifying the biometrics of foreign tourists, including those from China and India, are still in effect at all entry points in the country, said Immigration director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh.

PUTRAJAYA, May 2 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today reprimanded the Immigration Department over congestion issues at the country’s borders, particularly in airports.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Home Ministry (KDN) and the Immigration Department have been summoned to explain the factors contributing to overstaying by foreign tourists and measures to tackle the issue.

BANGKOK, Oct 3 — Thailand's police arrested a teenage gunman suspected of killing a Chinese national and critically wounding five people on Tuesday in a shooting spree at a luxury Bangkok mall, the latest high-profile gun violence to rock the country in recent years.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Oct 1 — The body of Indian national climber, Nandan Suresh Nadkarni, 44, who went missing on September 22 in Gunung Jasar, was brought down at 11.20am, said Pahang police chief Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman.

IPOH, Oct 1 — The body of a man was found in a river in an area near the Perak - Pahang state border at 3.40pm yesterday.

IPOH, Sept 28 — A 44-year-old Indian tourist has been reported missing since September 22, after he is believed to have gone hiking at Gunung Jasar in Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

PORT DICKSON, July 4 — The increase in foreign tourist arrivals to the country can strengthen the value of the ringgit, which is relatively low at the present, said Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — MIDF Research expects the upbeat domestic demand momentum underpinned by a steady labour market, softening inflationary pressure, pick-up in tourism activities, and supportive economic policies to boost the first quarter (Q1) of 2023’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth and the overall 2023 expansion rate.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) has successfully lured 450,000 tourists from China after the signing of two agreements during Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's official visit to the country last month.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) is targeting an influx of 16.1 million foreign tourists with RM49.2 billion in tourism revenue this year.

By Norrasyidah Arshad PETALING JAYA, Jan 7 — The state government will prepare up to 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses as part of its effort to continue the Selangor Vaksin (Selvax) programme, starting yesterday, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. He said the doses are a part of the...

SINGAPORE, Jan 6 — Southeast Asia's tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China's scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the Covid-19 tests before entry that Europe, Japan and the United States have imposed on Chinese visitors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 — The government has been asked not to rush into allowing travellers from China into the country especially tourists as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of Covid-19 on a large scale.