The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has proposed that fully vaccinated domestic tourists from all states be allowed to travel to Langkawi from Sept 16 under a pilot travel bubble programme.
The ministry also recommended that unvaccinated children will be allowed to accompany their guardians holidaying on the island.
Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said full vaccination was the top condition in the standard operating procedures (SOP) for Langkawi's reopening the ministry submitted to the National Security Council.
"The NSC is reviewing the SOP, which we hope will be approved and gazetted by the middle of next week. (We had suggested that) when Langkawi reopens, all domestic tourists are allowed to come, regardless of what phase (of the National Recovery Plan of the state) they are in.
"We proposed that they are also allowed to drive all the way from home to ferry terminals. The main condition is they have to be fully vaccinated," she told the New Straits Times on Saturday.
Nancy said another proposal was that travellers must get police permision, and that their application must be backed with proof of vaccination and that they were headed for Langkawi.
"These include items such as flight tickets, hotel payment or entrance tickets, including ferry tickets. To avoid traffic congestion at roadblocks, travellers are required to carry approval letters from police," she added.
On hotel operations, Nancy said it would be like in Phase 4 of the National Recovery Plan where most economic and social activities were allowed, but must follow the SOP.
On Sept 2, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government had agreed to reopen the tourism sector in several destinations under a pilot travel bubble programme.
He said Langkawi was picked as the pilot project while other tourism destinations would reopen once the locality's vaccination rate reaches 80 per cent.
Following Ismail Sabri's announcement, Malaysia Airlines said it was ready to facilitate travel for fully vaccinated customers to Langkawi.
Malaysia Aviation Group chief executive officer Captain Izham Ismail said Malaysia Airlines, which flies four times a day to Langkawi, would adjust its capacity to meet demand.
Langkawi Development Authority (Lada) chief executive officer Nasaruddin Abdul Muttalib told Bernama that almost all tourism products on the island were expected to be open.
He said Lada and the ministry had proposed that hotels, business premises, eateries and other activities, such as water sports, would require their own restrictions.