PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Interstate travel for tourism activities is only permitted for the Langkawi Tourism Bubble programme with compliance of the stipulated standard operating procedure (SOP) on Covid-19, said the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture.

       Referring to the government's announcement on domestic tourism, the Tourism Ministry said domestic travellers were currently allowed to carry out intra-state tourism activities for states that were in Phase 2 and above of the National Recovery Plan (NRP).

       "Permission for tourism activities is subject to the SOP that has been gazetted by the National Security Council," it said in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 29).

       The Tourism Ministry said this in reference to the decision of the Special Committee on Pandemic Management, which was chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Sept 22, regarding the opening of the economic and non-economic sectors.

       The prime minister also said that the government would allow the opening of tourism centres, islands and areas as well as cross state travel provided the country’s adult population vaccination rate reached 90% based on data and analysis conducted by the Health Ministry.

       "The government will make an official announcement once it has a suitable date," said the Tourism Ministry in the statement.

       Based on the records of the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee, a total of 85.1% of the adult population had been fully vaccinated as of Sep 28. - Bernama