Passengers at Changi International Airport of Singapore on April 1. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Singaporean government hasearmarked nearly 500 million SGD (about 367.55 million USD) to boost tourismrecovery, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan on April 6.
Speaking at the Tourism Industry Conference of Singapore,the minister said Singapore recognises that it will take a few years forinternational travel to fully resume, but the country needs to speed up therecovery of the tourism sector in the immediate term.
Singapore will strive to differentiate itself from otherdestinations, putting the focus on creating attractions and events withsustainability, and business tourism, Singapore Tourism Board Chief Executive KeithTan said at the event.
The Southeast Asian nation has recently opened its bordersto fully vaccinated travellers without requiring COVID-19 testing orquarantine.
After a two-year halt due to the pandemic, all nightlifebusinesses in Singapore will be allowed to fully reopen from April 19, with COVID-19safety measures in place.
Nightlife establishments, including bars, pubs and karaokeestablishments will be subject to safe management measures (SMMs).
Additionally, a safe distance of at least 1m will have to bekept between individuals or groups when masks are off. Capacity limits forlarge settings or events with more than 1,000 people are at 75 percent. Thosewith fewer than 1,000 people will have no capacity limits.
The latest move for the nightlife sector comes as severalSMM rules were eased last week, after the daily number of COVID-19 casesreported started to decline from late-February./.
