kuala lumpurmalaysian aviation and tourism stocks are rising after a government official announced tentative plans to reopen international borders in march shares of airasia group bhd were up more than 13 in tuesday afternoon trade putting the lowcost carrier on pace for its largest oneday rise in nearly a year airports operator malaysia airports holdings bhd rose 47 while casinosandresorts operator genting malaysia bhd and its parent company genting bhd advanced 61 and 25 respectively the stock moves came shortly after mohamed azmin ali minister for international trade and industry said in an instagram post that a council tasked with determining the details of the countrys reopening had agreed with a proposal to fully open borders as early as march 1 most members of the council are of the view that border reopening should be carried out along the lines of countries like the uk and australia he wrote his post didnt offer details of a definite reopening date nor say when one would be announced malaysias international borders have been largely closed since early in the pandemic as the southeast asian tradeandtransit hub has grappled with waves of covid19 infections case counts have been on the rise again recently with new daily cases breaching the 10000 mark over the weekend for the first time in more than four months