Tourism Ministry wants departure levy deferred to after VMY 2020

By MARTIN CARVALHO, HEMANANTHANI SIVANANDAM, RAHIMY RAHIM and TARRENCE TAN

KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry wants to defer the implementation of the departure levy – supposed to be on Sept 1 this year – to after Visit Malaysia 2020.

Its Minister Datuk Mohamaddin Ketapi (pic) said he would personally raise the matter with Lim Guan Eng.

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