Budget 2019: Travel, departure levy


Rapt attention: People watching the Budget 2019 live telecast at an electronics shop along Datuk Keramat Road in Penang.

AVID traveller Shahida Sakeri will think twice about going overseas for her holiday next year when the departure levy on travellers leaving Malaysian airports is introduced on June 1.

The government has proposed a fee of RM20 per head for those departing for Asean countries and RM40 for other countries.

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