Visa Requirements For purpose of employment, research, educational purposes and other professional purposes and other professional visits, visas are required. Those travelling as tourists, in transit, for social and business purposes are advised to contact relevant authorities to ascertain whether visas are required. Travellers from or who have transited Ethiopia and Somalia are required to possess a valid international certificate against smallpox and those from these two countries and from African and South American countries are also required to have valid documents against yellow fever. Travellers coming from cholera infested areas are required to have a vaccination against cholera. Visa applications will be clearance and approval and may entail a waiting period of 6 to 8 weeks before the result can be notified.
Tourism makes a significant contribution to the economy.
To the economy. Tourist arrivals in 1995 was 6.59 million. Investment Policy Malaysia actively seeks foreign investment especially in industrial ventures which produce import substitutes and have significant export potential. Joint ventures with local majority ownership are the official norm. Special encouragement is given to industries which are labour intensive, industries utilizing domestic raw materials, those providing further processing of the country's primary commodities and industries which manufacture capital or intermediate goods as well as those which are export-oriented.