Malaysia may reconsider issuing the visa-on-arrival for visitors as some of holders of such visa overstayed in the country, local reports said on Tuesday.

 

Only in September this year alone, 2,876 holders of such visa overstayed in Malaysia, 1,941 of them were from India, Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad was quoted as saying by Malaysia's national news agency Bernama.

 

The Malaysian government, however, would continue issuing the visa for the time being and tighten enforcement, the minister said at Putrajaya, the administrative center of the country.

 

Malaysia had introduced the visa-on-arrival for tourists from 24 countries last September, which included China, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Nigeria, in a bid to encourage more arrivals for Visit Malaysia Year 2007.

 

Tourists reportedly only have to produce their passport and pay 100 ringgit to obtain a one-month visa when they arrive in Malaysia.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2006)