Malaysian travellers planning to enter neighbouring Thailand are facing a more stringent of requirements in order to cross the border, reports the New Straits Times, and checks at the immigration, customs, quarantine and security (ICQS) complex in Bukit Kayu Hitam have found the checkpoint to be relatively quiet despite the reopening of land borders.
This was attributed to stringent requirements introduced by the Thai authorities, where inbound travellers are reportedly required to pay an entry fee of at least RM1,000, the report wrote.
According to local tourism player Ooi Jui Hu, the cost for four persons booking accommodation in Hatyai, Thailand amounted to RM5,000 for a seven-day stay, plus an additional US$20,000 (RM84,536) in insurance with a RM500 premium per person, he told the newspaper, adding that the compulsory RTK swab test priced at RM350 per person is to be paid for by the travellers themselves upon arrival at the hotel.
As of April 4, just 6,980 travellers have been recorded passing through the Bukit Kayu Hitam border checkpoint from Malaysia into Thailand, compared to 160,818 persons at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar, Johor Baru checkpoint towards Singapore, the immigration department said in a statement last week.
There appears to be “no immediate impact” from the border reopening, as most travellers passing through the Bukit Kayu Hitam land border crossing seem not to be driving their own vehicles, cross-border insurance services provider Lee Ai Choo told the New Straits Times. “I think the number of travellers to Thailand will pick up once the Thai authorities ease the requirements imposed on inbound travellers,” she said.
Similarly, Napoh eatery operator Adbul Rashid Mohd Salam has not seen any economic impact from the border reopening as most of his clientele are lorry drivers and local residents. “That is why we have decided to only operate between 4pm and late evening during this fasting month,” he told the news outlet.
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Why are our authorities so weak? Our citizens are being made to pay exorbitant fees by our neighbours in the North and bullied by our Southern neighbours by being a nuisance on our roads.
Yea all this while our government bully the innocent that follow the law but somehow killed multiple that did not. Worst still we refuse to condemn an invation event hough that’s exactly what happened
You can like choose not to go, their land, their ruleslah. Nothing to do with our authorities, why bring them in? Real bodoh shiok sendiri bashing them.
Why? Because it is their land. What authority does our authorities have in their sovereign nation. You want us conquer them like Putin so they would follow our rules & laws is it? Kebodohan tahap gabang. Dont go there lahhhh!!! Simple!
If so itchy wawa go ‘shop’ and pay lor. Otherwise, if complain too much expensive yada yada, takeout 200 from pocket while the other hand fly kite lo.
Now only you know? Most top criminal also wandering around the country freely and the our authorities yet give him police as his escort…
Right, so Malaysia wasn’t doing the same to foreigners coming in, making them pay exorbitant fees under the guise of “quarantine”, pathetic.
Here’s an idea… Don’t go la.. Why so impatient? Air sudah penuh ke?
Plenty of 304s here what right?
Air sudah overflow kah?
And MY still have trouble controlling Singaporeans driving in for RON95. Start imposing tax to Singaporeans driving in from SG. For starter, RM 100 per day, assuming they pump 50 litres per day. Revise as needed. This will solve the problem of stealing RON95 subsidy and help with the economy.
Cannot wait for the response from some syok-sendiri-rich-and-intelligent who went with nickname “R” from previous similar topic.
Negara gilakan duit, most importantly full of crime and gangsters. As safety concern, u paid me rm 1k i also dun wan to enter.
Not only gangsters but also thieves and looters
Haha… Agree
Haha. Agree
What’s in Thailand that Malaysian must pay thru their noses to go?
Haha… True. Better use that money togoto Europe or donate to charity
if u havent been there for the last 5 years it is very expensive now everything food cars house condos i find singapore cheaper and most expensive in asean soon it’s not what you used to know of Thailand
Sudahlah. Dudk rumah diam or gi lain tempat. Melaka langkawi pangkor dll pun ok
Don’take more trouble for every nationality. He who has no sin cast the first stone.
Thailand so poor until need to rip Malaysians off?
Thailand soon to become the next Sri Lanka. Syukur Malaysia maseh kaya…
Thailand today is not the Thailand you used to know everything has gotten really expensive food cars house condos daily expenses i’m not sure if singapore is more expensive than here you laugh??
There are a lot of other places you can go lah.. mau cari apa pergi ke sana?
Your article is not entirely correct as people may have fed you wrong info. Unless you have travelled to thailand recently and I know the reasons as been in/out thailand in last few months
Van from Thailand with tourist entering Malaysia is allowed without any restrictions by our govt.. But Malaysian entering Thailand in a van must get a thai tourist guide at the border and also must buy insurance.