Malaysia allows foreign workers back, welcomes tourists to Langkawi
Kuala
Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced on October 22 that the country will
let foreign workers back to the country after an almost 16-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and allow
some tourists back to its resort island of Langkawi.
The
agreement reached by the Government's pandemic taskforce on foreign workers has
been anticipated by vital sectors like palm oil plantations and rubber glove
manufacturing, which rely on migrant labourers.
From
mid-November, Malaysia will also allow certain international travellers to
visit its tropical holiday island of Langkawi, reopening its borders to foreign tourists for the first
time since the start of the pandemic.
Tourists
must show a negative COVID-19 result, vaccination certificate and have travel
insurance of 80,000 USD, he said./.