Over 2.5 million passports issued last year, says Home Minister

public queue at the counter to renew their passports at the Immigration Department in Kuala Lumpur. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

SEPANG: More than 2.5 million Malaysians were bitten by the travel bug last year following the easing of Covid-19 travel restrictions, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister said this was based on the Immigration Department having issued a total of 2,574,435 international passports last year, a 25% increase compared with 2,006,208 issued in 2019.