Under the agreement, Chinese citizens can enter Malaysia and vice versa with no visa for up to 90 days. In a press release, the government of China said the two countries “should seize the opportunity to scale up tourism, youth and subnational exchanges, and deepen cooperation in culture, education, sports, film, media, etc., so as to foster closer people-to-people connection and renew their traditional friendship. China is ready to continue joint research on giant panda conservation with Malaysia.”<\/p>\n\n\n
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China is one of the top sources of tourists to Malaysia, after Singapore and Thailand. By April, Malaysia had received 900,000 Chinese tourists this year. The Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign aims to attract 35.6 million international visitors and generate \u00a0RM147.1bn (US$33bn) in tourism revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malaysia denies aiming gambling at Indonesian tourists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Dato\u2019 Yeoh Soon Hin, the deputy chairperson of Tourism Malaysia, has denied that the country aims to attract tourists from Indonesian tourists to gamble. He said visitors from the neighbouring country, where gambling is illegal, are not encouraged to focus on gambling as their main reason for visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During a press briefing in South Jakarta, Dato\u2019 Yeoh said that while gambling in Malaysia is legal, the country promotes other attractions like cultural and sports tourism to Indonesian visitors. However, he added: \u201cBut if there are Indonesian tourists who seek (casinos) in Genting, we can\u2019t stop them, and we can\u2019t prevent them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gambling in Malaysia is permitted only at Genting Highlands, which is home to Genting Casino and SkyCasino. Genting Malaysia\u2019s fourth quarter revenue was flatish at RM2.68m (US$604.3m) while adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was RM180.6m (US$41m), down 78.6 per cent year-on-year<\/a> and 86.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The system has been extended until the end of 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777025781,"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 and China have extended their mutual visa-free entry until 2030, aiming to significantly boost tourism. Concurrently, Malaysia's Tourism Deputy Chairperson clarified that while gambling is legal at Genting Highlands, the country does not actively promote it to visitors from jurisdictions where it's illegal, such as Indonesia, despite acknowledging that tourists seeking casinos cannot be prevented. This development, alongside Genting Malaysia's recent Q4 financial performance, highlights the interplay between tourism policy, regulatory messaging, and integrated resort economics.","focusai_entities":"Malaysia, China, Xi Jinping, Anwar Ibrahim, Dato\u2019 Yeoh Soon Hin, Tourism Malaysia, Genting Malaysia, Genting Casino, SkyCasino","focusai_location":"Malaysia, China, South Jakarta, Genting Highlands","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting Malaysia Outlook","query":"How might the extended visa-free entry for Chinese citizens specifically impact Genting Malaysia's premium mass and VIP segments, and what are the projected GGR uplifts for its integrated resort operations through 2030?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Impact","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges or enhanced due diligence requirements might arise for Malaysian operators, particularly Genting, given the nuanced stance on attracting tourists from jurisdictions where gambling is illegal?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-777025775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025775","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=777025775"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777025790,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777025775\/revisions\/777025790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777025775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777025775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777025775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}