Latest entry regulations for East Malaysia 2020

Malaysia can be roughly divided into East Malaysia and West Malaysia, where there are a large number of China residents and tourists from China. At present, the global epidemic situation is still very serious, so the Malaysian authorities have also formulated a series of entry restrictions, among which it is more difficult to enter East Malaysia, because citizens need to go through entry procedures when entering East Malaysia.

In Malaysia, even its citizens have to go through immigration procedures when they enter East Malaysia.

Malaysia is divided into two parts, namely West Malaysia and East Malaysia. West Malaysia is one side of the Malay Peninsula and the main part of Malaysia. Located on the other side of the sea, Borneo, the third largest island in the world, is now called kalimantan island (

Kalimantan)] Sarawak and Sabah in the north (

Sabah) These two states are East Malaysia.

East Malaysia joined the Federation only after Malaya became independent in 1957, so it was called the Federation of Malaysia. The south of Borneo belongs to Indonesia. Generally speaking, continents are called continents, like Asia and Africa. Borneo is called the mainland because it is so big that it is almost regarded as a continent.

Because my visa to Malaysia is expensive, I want to travel as much as possible, considering that I will not come back in the future. Therefore, East Malaysia has been included in the plan.

As a self-help traveler, I usually choose cheap transportation and try not to fly. In my imagination, there should be a passenger ship running between West Malaysia in the Middle East, but there is no mention of a ship in the information I obtained. I came to Malaysia with this question. There is no boat to East Malaysia in Shengfeng Port, and there was no boat to East Malaysia when I came to Johor Bahru.

By talking to the local people, I know that there used to be shipping. With the development of economy, fewer and fewer people go by boat because of low efficiency. The shipping company was forced to stop sailing. As a result, both locals, rich and poor, and tourists have to fly between East and West.

It can also be seen that Malaysia's economic development has reached a fairly high level. I want to fly to Sabah first, then land in Sarawak and fly back to Johor Bahru. This shortens the flight range and saves money. However, due to a public holiday in Malaysia, the air tickets to Sabah were full for several days, so we had to go to Kuching first.

The normal air fare from Johor Bahru to Kuching, the capital of Sarawak, is 174 Ma (about RMB 4 10 yuan) including airport tax.

In Malaysia, there is no discount for round-trip air tickets. You have to buy a ticket seven days in advance to get a discount, and the discount is less than 10%. With a discount of less than 10%, most tourists don't want to make their itinerary too dead.

There is still a problem to be solved when I want to go to East Malaysia. When I entered Kuala Lumpur, my stamp said "West Malaysia and Sabah". I don't know if I can go to Sarawak.

I made a special trip to the tourist information center in Johor Bahru. Because the question was complicated, I asked if I could speak Chinese, and the answer was sorry, there are no China people here. Forced to ask in English, they don't know this question either.

I think it would be a waste of time and money if I didn't know until I got to Kuching Airport. This problem must be clarified before buying a plane ticket.

I asked the staff of the tourist information center to call the immigration office, and the answer was yes, that is, to give a visa on arrival at Kuching airport.

It turns out that even citizens have to go through immigration procedures when entering East Malaysia. At this time, I found that my English can already say more complicated questions.