Just to prevent confusion, it’s not a landing visa. It’s a visa-exempt entry. As in all they do is stamp your passport. A landing visa would be more like cambodia, where they actually print/staple a visa to your passport.
Anyway, this thread ([Visa Exempt Entry to Work Permit makes it seem like you can do it. However, it won’t be any cheaper. You have to pay to do the visitor’s visa, and then pay again to do the resident visa. There’s no way to go directly from a visa-exempt to resident visa.