Authorities in Malaysia are analysing the possibility of reopening to international travellers from March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Malaysia.-\u00a0Malaysia’s National Recovery Council (NRC)<\/strong>\u00a0has proposed that the country’s borders could be fully reopened to international travellers without mandatory quarantine from March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The announcement has been well received by Resorts World Genting, the only casino complex in Malaysia. It recently opened its new outdoor theme park,\u00a0Genting SkyWorlds<\/a>. The\u00a0casino venue reopened<\/a>\u00a0on a limited basis in October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s estimated that visitor arrivals to Genting\u2019s resort in Malaysia could increase to 23 million and 27 million people in the fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023 respectively. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, 29 million people visited in the fiscal year 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muhyiddin Yassin, former Prime Minister<\/strong>, said: “It was recommended by the NRC that the country\u2019s borders be fully opened in the due time to support the nation\u2019s recovery.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added that under the scheme, travellers will still need to undergo Covid-19 negative tests before and after arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities in Malaysia are analysing the possibility of reopening to international travellers from March 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Malaysia's National Recovery Council has proposed a full border reopening to international travelers from March 1, 2022, without mandatory quarantine, subject to pre- and post-arrival COVID-19 testing. This development is highly favorable for Resorts World Genting, Malaysia's sole casino complex, which anticipates a significant increase in visitor arrivals, nearing pre-pandemic levels by fiscal year 2023.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Genting, Genting SkyWorlds, National Recovery Council (NRC), Muhyiddin Yassin","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for Resorts World Genting in FY2022 and FY2023, assuming the proposed border reopening proceeds as planned, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic performance?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework","query":"Beyond border controls, what specific regulatory adjustments or incentives might the Malaysian government consider to further stimulate the integrated resort sector's recovery and attract foreign direct investment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-27075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27086,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27075\/revisions\/27086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}