Tourism Malaysia recently hosted a 7-day familiarisation trip (FAM Trip) for travel agents from Vientiane, Laos, to promote Sabah as a new destination for the Lao market, which includes highlighting the region’s floating resorts. The trip included visits to popular resorts like Sipadan Kapalai Dive Resort, Gayana Marine Resort, and Mataking Resort, as well as other tourist attractions like Kuala Selangor’s Sky Mirror and the Saloma Link Bridge in Kuala Lumpur. While Laos doesn’t have direct flights to Malaysia, travellers can transit through Bangkok and fly to Kuala Lumpur or enter Malaysia via the land route to Johor Bahru after boarding Scoot from Vientiane to Singapore. Malaysia received 26,995 tourist arrivals from Laos in 2019.