{"id":213345,"date":"2022-10-19T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=213345"},"modified":"2022-10-19T06:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T23:05:26","slug":"evisa-outage-slows-indian-tourists-to-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2022\/10\/evisa-outage-slows-indian-tourists-to-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"eVisa outage slows Indian tourists to Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, 19 October 2022: The Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) has expressed concern over the recent month-long service disruption of Malaysia\u2019s eVISA portal, saying it has resulted in losses of MYR20 to 30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cApart from ASEAN, India is now the top contributor of foreign arrivals to Malaysia, with 71,481 Indian tourist arrivals between January to June 2022 alone, said MATTA president Datuk Tan Kok Liang in a statement to the media on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/p7s1-tan-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174378 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><figcaption>MATTA President Datuk KL Tan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We understand that, in September, approximately 23,000 Indian tourists opted to travel to Bali instead of Malaysia due to the difficulties in securing a visa to Malaysia,&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MATTA and Tourism Malaysia have organised a series of successful roadshows to India over the last few months. 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