{"id":203363,"date":"2022-04-05T05:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=203363"},"modified":"2022-04-05T06:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T23:04:01","slug":"sarawak-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/04\/sarawak-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarawak rolls out the welcome mat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUCHING, 5 April 2022: Sarawak embraced its first batch of\ninternational travellers to Kuching from Singapore on Sunday, marking a vital\nstep forward in transitioning to endemicity after almost two years of stringent\nborders controls to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Sebastian Ting was on hand\nto greet the 157 passengers who arrived aboard Scoot Airlines with the\nministry\u2019s permanent secretary Hii Chang Kee and Sarawak Tourism Board\u2019s deputy\nchief executive officer Suriya Charles Buas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_3211-600x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203389 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><figcaption><em>Deputy Minister of Tourism Datuk Sebastian Ting putting on a garland made of Sarawak Beads on a passenger as he welcomed the arrival of the first batch of international travellers to Kuching from Singapore after borders reopened.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is the day we have all been waiting for. The\nresumption of international travellers to Sarawak is an important step to give\nSarawak&#8217;s tourism industry the boost it needs. It is great progress and an\nopportune time to ramp up our marketing efforts in promoting Sarawak as a safe,\nand prime eco-tourism destination and also build traveller&#8217;s confidence to come\nto Sarawak,&#8221; Datuk Sebastian Ting said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to work closely with the airline\nindustry to increase the accessibility and connectivity for visitors to enter\nSarawak without much hassle. We hope to see more direct domestic, regional and\ninternational flights to Sarawak soon as this is the right track to promote\nmore investors to the state, which is in line with our Post Covid-19\nDevelopment Strategy 2030,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 157 passengers, 65 were transiting through Singapore.\nA total of 96 passengers will be departing from Kuching to Singapore on the\nreturn flight.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective 1 April 2022, travellers will no longer be\nrequired to apply to enter Sarawak or fill in the e-Health Declaration Form\n(eHDF). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysian and non-Malaysians who are arriving from Singapore\nby air will no longer have to take RTK-Antigen tests upon arrival in Sarawak.\nHowever, they will be required to have proof of their vaccination certificate,\na negative RT-PCR test result (taken two days before departure); download the\nMySejahtera app and fill in the pre-departure form under the &#8216;Traveller Icon&#8217;;\nand Covid-19 travel insurance (non-Malaysians). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Sarawak, log on to Sarawak Tourism Board\u2019s website:<a href=\"https:\/\/sarawaktourism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\"> https:\/\/sarawaktourism.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Your Stories: Sarawak Tourism Board)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUCHING, 5 April 2022: Sarawak embraced its first batch of international travellers to Kuching from Singapore on Sunday, marking a vital step forward in transitioning to endemicity after almost two years of stringent borders controls to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. 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