MATTA: Passengers only rule will ‘kill’ retailers

PETALING JAYA: The proposal to allow only air passengers into airports will turn the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) into a ghost-hub, warned the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA).

Its president Datuk Hamzah Rahmat feared the move, touted to boost security against possible terrorist attacks, would give a poor first impression of Malaysia to foreign visitors.