{"id":27924,"date":"2022-03-09T07:04:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T10:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27924"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:40:49","slug":"malaysia-to-reopen-borders-from-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-reopen-borders-from-april-1","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to reopen borders from April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Malaysia&#8217;s prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, says the country will fully reopen its borders to foreign travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- <strong>Malaysia&#8217;s prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob<\/strong>, has said the country\u2019s borders will fully reopen for international travellers from April 1. The news comes as the number of new Covid-19 cases falls. Nearly<strong> 98 per cent of the country&#8217;s population has been fully vaccinated<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors will need Covid-19 tests before and after arrival. Only fully vaccinated visitors will be allowed to forego quarantine upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genting Malaysia<\/strong>, the operator of Resorts World Genting, the only casino complex in Malaysia, recently shared\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-posts-net-profit-of-us29-5m-for-q4\" target=\"_blank\">financial results for the fourth quarter of 2021<\/a>, showing a return to profit of nearly MYR124.1m (US$29.5m) compared to an MYR258.2m loss a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It attributed the recovery to\u00a0<strong>the easing of travel restrictions and the reopening of borders<\/strong>\u00a0leading to a higher volume of business at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/resorts-world-genting-to-reopen-from-october-1\" target=\"_blank\">Resorts World Genting<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia&#8217;s prime minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, says the country will fully reopen its borders to foreign travellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14773,"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 will fully reopen its borders to international travelers from April 1, 2022, following high vaccination rates and declining COVID-19 cases. This development is expected to significantly boost the tourism and gaming sectors, as evidenced by Genting Malaysia's return to profitability in Q4 2021, driven by eased travel restrictions and increased business at Resorts World Genting.","focusai_entities":"Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Genting Malaysia, Resorts World Genting","focusai_location":"Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), operator_casino (0.98), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting Malaysia GGR Impact?","query":"What are the revised GGR and NGR projections for Genting Malaysia in FY2022 and FY2023, considering the anticipated increase in visitor arrivals to Resorts World Genting?"},{"label":"Operational Capacity Adjustments?","query":"What specific operational adjustments, staffing increases, or capital expenditure plans is Genting Malaysia implementing to optimize capacity and service delivery for the projected 23-27 million visitors at Resorts World Genting?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924","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=27924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27953,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27924\/revisions\/27953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}