Once you arrived at Penang International Airport, the first things you think is transportation right?
so, don't worry, if you arrived at Penang Airport and safely arrived at arrival hall, at the exit gate you will be promoted many kind of transport to reach the destination. famous transportation that have been choose by tourist or visitors is rental car, there are many car rental operator with the various range of price offered to you, you only have to choose woperator at Penang hat kind of car that you want to rent. here is an example of an car rental
The second famous transportation is buses. For those who are in budget traveler, once you have arrived at Penang Airport your best choice of travelling to Georgetown and beyond is to catch the Penang airport bus service operated by RapidPenang. the bus will connected to all area of Penang and only charge you with low cost to reaching to your destination. The trip into Georgetown only takes about an hour depending on what time of day and traffic if you are traveled by bus. now the bus has make a innovation which include the facilities for all group of person. It is convenient if travel by bus.
The other transportation has been offer is taxi, commonly, the taxi services only will use to arrive to the nearest destination only, this is because, the price of taxi is quite expensive than buses and car rental. but the taxi is easy to get and efficient and arrive faster than buses.
Taxi drivers often try to cheat foreigners and refuse to use the meter. It is best to ask the hotel staff for help, when ordering a taxi and one must either negotiate a fixed price to the airport or insist the driver uses the taxi meter during the journey. The taxi fare to the airport should be around RM38, the official taxi metered fare, and the time for getting to Penang International Airport from George Town city centre is around 45 minutes by cab.
It is possible to rent a bicycle, motorbike or scooter to get around. It is only just over 16 km / 9.9 miles to the airport, so getting to Penang International Airport under one’s own steam on two wheels is possible. The cost for one of these vehicles is around RM25 for 24 hour rental and the deposit is around RM200, so if one is staying with friends who don’t have a car, they can take one on a scooter and take the scooter back to either Chulia Street or Penang Road, where scooter and motorbike hire can be found.
Passengers staying on some on the islets just off Penang Island need to take a ferry to the terminal at Weld Quay (Pengkalan Weld), which is located in the east of George Town. The bus station is close by in Victoria Street.
There are also ferry services between Butterworth and the city centre. Foot passengers have to pay RM 1.20 per person from Butterworth to Penang Island, while motorists go free. There are bus and train stations in Butterworth, connecting to the major cities on the Malaysia Peninsular. Train tickets must be purchased in advance. At Butterworth the ticket counters are situated under the overpass next to the small market area.
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