KUALA LUMPUR: The government is considering views and feedback from stakeholders on plans to make Langkawi a travel bubble pilot project.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this plan is important for the government to revitalise the tourism industry after more than a year of the pandemic.
"The health ministry and experts have advised the government to implement this plan only when the vaccination rate in Langkawi reaches at least 80 per cent of the total population.
"Meanwhile, the people allowed to travel to Langkawi will be limited to those fully immunised against Covid-19.
"This proposal is being studied by the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri and will be finalised through a series of discussions after this," he said in a statement today in announcing the relaxations for economic sectors for fully vaccinated individuals.
Muhyiddin said besides Langkawi, the government also has plans to implement the tourism bubble approach in more destinations, especially those that have good methods of controlling the movement of tourists in and out as in other resort islands throughout the country.
However, he said this matter is still at the planning stage and the government will first look at the results of the pilot project in Langkawi.
"If all goes well, God willing the tourism bubble will be implemented wider," he added.