Prashant Yadav scouts for areas for the well-heeled. As the India head of a destination-management multinational, his job was once principally about introducing world shoppers to unique trip spots in his personal nation. Nowadays, he spends almost all of his time on taking wealthy compatriots overseas — for leisure, conferences, and, in fact, massive, fats, Indian weddings.

No shock, then, that Malaysia’s recent scrapping of visa requirements for Indians and Chinese residents visiting for 30 days or much less has made Yadav a cheerful man. The transfer follows comparable selections by Sri Lanka and Thailand. Yadav will quickly set up a marriage with 250 Indian friends on the Vietnamese resort island of Phu Quoc, which doesn’t require visas for short stays.