MOTAC Conducts Enforcement Operations to Ensure Compliance with the Tourism Industry Act 1992
  1. Section 5(2) – unlicensed tour operator (3 notices with a maximum fine of RM500,000.00 or imprisonment for a maximum of 10 years or both, and in the case of a continuing offence, may, in addition, be fined not exceeding RM5,000.00 for each day the offence continues to be committed;
  2. Regulation 6(1)(i)(iii) – not using the services of a licensed tour guide (10 notices with a maximum fine of RM50,000.00 or a maximum prison sentence of 5 years or both if convicted);
  3. Section 21/ Section 32 – unlicensed tourist guide/using the services of a tourist guide whose license has expired (4 notices with a maximum fine of RM7,000.00 – RM50,000.00 or a maximum imprisonment of 2 – 3 years or both, and in the case of a continuing offence, may, in addition, be fined not exceeding RM500.00 for each day the offence continues to be committed;
  4. Section 20 – not using a recreational vehicle (1 notice with a maximum fine of RM20,000.00 or a maximum prison sentence of 2 years or both if convicted).