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Malaysian gov't to look into visa exemption for Chinese tourists

Xinhua, January 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Malaysian government will study the visa exemption for Chinese tourists in order to attract them to visit the Southeast Asian country, Bernama, Malaysia's state news agency, reported on Wednesday.

Malaysian Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said that this issue had been discussed at the cabinet meeting Wednesday.

"The cabinet should have discussed the visa fee exemption for tourists from China but we discussed a bigger issue, that is to exempt visa for tourists from China," he was quoted as saying.

Nazri said that his ministry and the Home Ministry had been directed by the cabinet to conduct studies on the implications of the exemption.

The Malaysian government has agreed in principle to ease visa requirements for tourists from China, reports said. Endi