LANGKAWI, Oct 16 — In efforts to turn Langkawi into a travel bubble pilot project for foreign tourists, the Langkawi Development Authority has submitted several Standard Operating Procedure proposals, said its chief executive officer, Nasaruddin Abdul Muttalib.
“Among the proposals that were submitted to the government was that foreign tourists must do the RT-PCR test, 72 hours before their flight and upon their arrival in Langkawi, they would be taken directly to their hotel accommodation, where another RT-PCR test would be conducted. This is to avoid congestion at the airport and if they test positive they would have to be quarantined at the hotel.
Recently, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri during the question and answer session at the Dewan Negara said, the ministry had proposed to MKN to open Langkawi to tourists from several selected countries under the ongoing pilot tourism bubble project to enable Malaysia to revive its economy which was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Commenting on local tourist arrivals after interstate travel restrictions were lifted since October 11, Nasaruddin said he foresees some 100,000 visitors would be in Langkawi this October.
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