11/08/2019 16:49

PR trick

[IMG=18494-4094] The Malaysian government has announced the simplification of rules for receiving entry visas, according to RIA News'. It is intended that from the 1st of February 2006 any person via Internet no matter what country they are from can fill in the visa questionnaire, pay the consulate fee and print out the confirmation. Upon arrival in Malaysia, they must show the confirmation at the border control and receive a stamp in their passport. As a BANKO correspondent was told during an interview with tour operators, with previous rules you could not accommodate a simpler procedure for entering a country than in Malaysia. There no visas. A tourist can upon arrival show a travel passport, receive a stamp and that is all', says Irina Phirsova, leading manager of the destination at Intair. The only thing they will have to do is to fill in the immigration card on the plane'. According to operators, it is necessary to process a visa in advance only in the case of a tourist going to the country for a longer period than 30 days. But it does not happen very often in the travel industry. There is no financial implication either as the stamp in the passport is made for free. This way, information about the above-mentioned visa' information, according to experts, can be considered as a PR campaign of Malaysian authorities to attract additional attention to the destination. At the same time, tour operators note that this season the demand for Malaysia among Russian holiday-makers has been stable and similar to the demand of the previous year, interest is in fact growing but at a slower rate than expected. Even in spite of the fact that the average cost of the tour compared to last year has dropped. According to the evaluations of specialists of the department of exotic destinations at capital tour' company, the difference is $200: this economy is caused by direct flights of Transaero' to Kuala-Lumpour, launched from the 28th of October.