{"id":27995,"date":"2022-03-11T07:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=27995"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:36:08","slug":"malaysia-to-reopen-borders-with-three-countries-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-reopen-borders-with-three-countries-next-week","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia to reopen borders with three countries next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Malaysia will launch a travel bubble with Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand from March 15. Only those who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.- While Malaysia has announced it will <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/malaysia-to-reopen-borders-from-april-1\" target=\"_blank\">fully reopen its borders to international travellers<\/a> from April 1, it&#8217;s now confirmed an opening for fully vaccinated visitors from Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand from March 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Malaysia-Thailand air service<\/strong>\u00a0will allow certain airlines to operate up to six flights a day between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Authorities in Malaysia said more routes could be added &#8220;subject to mutual agreement between the two countries&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal with Cambodia means certain airlines from each country will be allowed to operate up to two daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Cambodia&#8217;s capital Phnom Penh. Additional routes could be added, &#8220;according to market demand&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the ministry of transport said that the country will increase the daily quota of\u00a0<strong>vaccinated people crossing from Singapore\u00a0<\/strong>by nearly 60 per cent from 2,160 to 3,420.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Malaysia will launch a travel bubble with Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand from March 15. Only those who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17082,"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 is implementing a phased border reopening strategy, initiating travel bubbles with Singapore, Cambodia, and Thailand for fully vaccinated individuals from March 15, ahead of a full international reopening on April 1. This policy shift, which includes increased flight frequencies and vaccinated travel lane quotas, signals a broader regional economic recovery. For iGaming and capital markets stakeholders, this development is a key macroeconomic indicator impacting tourism flows and potential market expansion in Southeast Asia.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Transport (Malaysia)","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of these border reopenings on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for integrated resorts and licensed land-based casinos operating within Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia for H2 2022?"},{"label":"Regional Investment Outlook","query":"How might the accelerated regional travel liberalization influence capital market sentiment and potential M&A activity within the Southeast Asian leisure and entertainment sector, including iGaming assets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27995","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\/27995","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=27995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28022,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27995\/revisions\/28022"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}