New departure levy strategic to boost local economy — Joshua Woo Sze Zeng
13 April 2019
The purpose of the new departure levy is to promote domestic tourism, that is to boost the local economy by keeping the circulation of capital within the country instead of flowing out to other countries. The fact is that capital is limited — do we want it to stay within the country or flow out? In Malaysia, even when we include the new departure levy and Passenger Security Service Charge RM6 for international departure, it will be RM119, which is lower than Hong Kong's lowest charges by 3.3 per cent or highest charges by 52 per cent.
The focus of a country is to make itself attractive to the international community. When we are attractive, people will come. When we are lousy, people won't come even if free.
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