Sarawak keeping police travel permits to prevent ‘flood’ of visitors


Desmond Davidson

Sarawak Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Hamzah says police travel permits will be phased out eventually but are still required for now. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 29, 2021.

POLICE permits are still required for inter-district travel within Sarawak to avoid a “flood” of people while Covid-19 cases peak, state tourism players were told today.

Sarawak Tourism Federation president Audrey Wan Ullok said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Hamzah had told industry chiefs this at a briefing on domestic tourism standard operating procedures (SOPs) in Kuching today.


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