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SOP AWARENESS,
RULE AND REGULATIONS

 SOP Rule and regulations

To travel in Langkawi, please make sure the requirements below are fulfilled or you will not be allowed to visit Langkawi.

  1. Only fully-vaccinated people are able to travel in Langkawi.

  2. Re-open is started on the date of after 16 September 2021.

  3. Those who meet the SOP criteria from all over the country will be allowed to visit Langkawi. (The criteria are including States in Phase 1)

  4. However, citizens under the EMCO/PKPD will not be granted permission to visit Langkawi.

  5. Also, there is no age limit for entry to Langkawi. However, those individuals under 18 must travel with a Fully Vaccinated Guardian or Parents.

For requirements and information that are related to the journey into Langkawi.

Below requirements are needed:

  1. Tourists have the choice of going to Langkawi by using Air and Land.

  2. For those who come in by Road, they must use the services of travel agencies in transportation.

  3. For those who start the journey from Kedah and Perlis, they are not required to use the services of travel agencies.

For all tourists who meet the requirements above, below listed are SOP in Langkawi.

  1. The types of vacations allowed are daily (round trip on the same day), overnight, vacations with premade accommodation/admission bookings, tour package vacations through a travel company licensed and registered with MOTAC.

  2. The number of passengers per vehicle while in route is subject to the actual capacity of the vehicle.

  3. Visitors who need to adjust to the ferry service hours to Langkawi are allowed to spend the night at registered accommodation premises in Kedah/Perlis.

  4. Visitors must show proof-of-purchase documents for tourism products such as flight tickets, ferry tickets, hotel receipts or travel package receipts when applying for permission with PDRM and when requested by SOP compliance agency enforcement.

Below listed are the permitted activities for the Langkawi tourism bubble:

  1. Accommodation in hotels and homestays including facilities in hotel and homestay premises such as surau, swimming pool, gymnasium, lounge, hall, business events (MICE), tourism, and cultural events subject to the General Phase Four SOPs issued by MKN and SOPs of the Ministry/ Department/ Agency related​.

  2. Beach activities, water sports, snorkeling, scuba diving, fishing tourism, edutainment centers, recreational parks, extreme/ adventure/ nature parks, farms, aquariums, zoos and other leisure, recreational and social activities.

  3. Special interest tourism activities (golfing, scuba diving, cycling, angling, yachting, etc.)

  4. Eco geo-travel activities (bird watching, caving, mountain climbing, white water rafting, hiking, jungle trekking, camping and so on).

  5. Premises of art, culture and heritage such as museums, libraries, art galleries, cultural heritage art centers/villages, staging of cultural performances, theme parks and family entertainment centers.

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