Budget Revision: Visa fee waiver for tourists


Foreign tourist arriving at KLIA.

PETALING JAYA: The Government has announced waiver of visa fees for tourists including from China as part of a strategy to boost Malaysia's tourism industry. 

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who announced the 2015 Budget revision measures on Tuesday, also spoke of other methods to boost tourism in an effort to address changes in the price of crude oil that has affected the country’s national budget. 

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