{"id":102689,"date":"2026-05-15T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/?p=102689"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:23:31","slug":"fixing-of-a-new-implementation-date-for-bank-guarantees-for-travel-agencies-in-outbound-and-umrah-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/fixing-of-a-new-implementation-date-for-bank-guarantees-for-travel-agencies-in-outbound-and-umrah-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"FIXING OF A NEW IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR BANK GUARANTEES FOR TRAVEL AGENCIES IN OUTBOUND AND UMRAH SECTORS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-path-to-node=\"21,11\"><span class=\"citation-1875\">This statement announces the postponement of the Bank Guarantee implementation for outbound and umrah travel agencies to a new date on 1 January 2027<\/span>. <span class=\"citation-1874\">This decision was made to allow industry players more time to prepare following the impact of geopolitical conflicts in Central Asia which have affected the financial standing of the global tourism sector<\/span>. <span class=\"citation-1873\">Despite the implementation date being shifted, MOTAC\u2019s primary goal remains focused on strengthening consumer protection, curbing umrah fraud, and enhancing industry professionalism for the overall well-being of tourists and pilgrims<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MINISTRY OF TOURISM ARTS AND CULTURE (MOTAC)<br \/>\n11 MAY 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/KENYATAAN-MEDIA-PENETAPAN-TARIKH-BAHARU-PELAKSANAAN-JAMINAN-BANK-BAGI-SYARIKAT-AGENSI-PELANCONGAN-DALAM-BIDANG-OUTBOUND-DAN-UMRAH.pdf\">MORE INFORMATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Dikeluarkan oleh:<\/em><br \/>\nUNIT KOMUNIKASI KORPORAT<br \/>\nKEMENTERIAN PELANCONGAN, SENI DAN BUDAYA (MOTAC)<br \/>\n<em>Tel: 03-8000 8000 Fax: 03-88917181<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Website: www.motac.gov.my Email:\u00a0<span id=\"cloakcd40755d6aebdb218e5b591fc864e17c\"><span id=\"cloaka3df774550cc701798288aa0c7e8e0f5\"><span id=\"cloak94bbe5015603d32e38a336c5914550de\"><span id=\"cloakabd2ee3b7026ed40eb1664b40f2fae4c\"><a href=\"mailto:group.ukk@motac.gov.my\">group.ukk@motac.gov.my<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\nFacebook, Instagram &amp; X: @mymotac<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This statement announces the postponement of the Bank Guarantee implementation for outbound and umrah travel agencies to a new date on 1 January 2027. This decision was made to allow industry players more time to prepare following the impact of geopolitical conflicts in Central Asia which have affected the financial standing of the global tourism&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized-ms"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102691,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102689\/revisions\/102691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}