Indian travellers who arrive in Malaysia from
a third country are now offered visa on arrival (VoA) at all major ports of
entry, in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014.
Effective since January 1, Indian travellers
who have valid visas from the countries they last departed and confirmed return
flight tickets to India will be allowed to purchase visas for US$100 or RM330
per traveller per entry.
Manoharan Periasamy, director of Tourism
Malaysia Mumbai, noted that ease of visa acquisition is a main factor in choice
of holiday destinations.
“Malaysia has always been a popular
destination among Indians and with the reintroduction of VoA, we hope to see
more and more Indians considering Malaysia even as a short-break destination
for long weekends and last-minute travel plans.”
Malaysia scrapped VoAs for Indian nationals
in 2010 when a large number of visitors with VoAs directly from India went
missing after arriving in the country.
Sandhya
Kartha, director of Redchilli Holidays Mumbai, said: “With the current
political unrest in Thailand, the rising demand for Singapore and the Malaysian
VoA being introduced, it is certain that tourists will gleefully choose
Malaysia as a destination to bundle together with Singapore…bundling Phuket
with Penang and Langkawi is (also) a possibility.”
-TTG Asia.
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