Malaysia said it would reopen its borders to international tourists on April 1 after more than two years.

Visitors who have been vaccinated twice against the Coronavirus would be allowed to enter the South-East Asian country quarantine-free, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakoob said in a speech on Tuesday.

The prerequisite would be a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test before departure and a negative antigen test after arrival.

“From April onwards, almost all Coronavirus restrictions still in force in Malaysia would be abolished.

“Only the requirement to wear a mask would not be lifted yet,” the head of government said.

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Although almost 30,000 new infections were currently recorded every day due to the contagious Omicron variant, 99 per cent of cases are mild or asymptomatic, the Malaysian Newspaper The Star reported.

Almost 98 per cent of the population is now doubly vaccinated.

Malaysia, with its capital Kuala Lumpur, is popular with holidaymakers from all over the world.

The Malay Peninsula and the states of Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo offer white beaches, exotic nature, and an impressive underwater world.