{"id":272949,"date":"2024-08-05T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=272949"},"modified":"2024-08-05T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:55:23","slug":"visa-free-policy-boosts-chinese-tourist-arrivals-by-nearly-200-percent-malaysian-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=272949","title":{"rendered":"Visa-Free Policy Boosts Chinese Tourist Arrivals By Nearly 200 Percent: Malaysian Official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8211; Malaysia recorded 1,185,050 visitors from China from Jan to May, a 194 percent increase over the same period last year, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Tiong King Sing, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attributed the increase to the implementation of visa-free travel arrangements between both countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also encouraged airlines to expand their connectivity between Malaysia and various countries, providing more convenience and options for travellers worldwide, creating a win-win situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia implemented a 30-day visa-free entry for Chinese citizens starting Dec 1 last year, and has extended it until the end of 2026.&#8211; NNN-BERNAMA   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 (NNN-BERNAMA) &#8211; Malaysia recorded 1,185,050 visitors from China from Jan to May, a 194 percent increase over the same period last year, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister, Tiong King Sing, said. He attributed the increase to the implementation of visa-free travel arrangements between both countries. He also encouraged airlines to expand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":272953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,288,300,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272950,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272949\/revisions\/272950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/272953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}