BEIJING - The Chinese used to be Singapore’s top source of tourists before the pandemic, but even with China’s reopening in January, visitors have not returned in droves. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - The Chinese used to be Singapore’s top source of tourists before the pandemic, but even with China’s reopening in January, visitors have not returned in droves.
In 2019, Singapore received 3.11 million visitors from Indonesia, 1.42 million from India, 1.22 million from Malaysia and 1.14 million from Australia. “There would be things I wanted to do in Singapore such as Universal Studios, the zoo and Night Safari, and these are expensive attractions,” said Mr Li, 34, who lives in Beijing. A Universal Studios day pass costs at least $60, while a Night Safari adult ticket is $55.
“My time in Singapore was very short, so I wanted to make the most out of the day, which meant taking Grab and taxis,” said Ms Wang, who was making a short transit in Singapore on her way to the Maldives from Beijing. International flight resumptions from China have been slow. As of June, the number of weekly direct flights from China to Singapore was just about half that of 2019 levels, said STB.
The recovery in outbound tourism has also been hampered by a recent second wave of Covid-19 within China, which may explain the slower growth in tourism to Singapore in April and May, he added. Data from CTrip, China’s largest online travel agency, showed that Singapore remains one of Chinese tourists’ favourite overseas destinations, behind Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
Its tourism authority said in May that the country is maintaining its official forecast of Chinese visitors at 5 million this year, but it could be as many as 7 million, depending on the number of flights during the high season between October and next March. Factors that have dragged on recovery for outbound tourism in China include high inflation in other countries and growing unfavourable public sentiment against the Chinese that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic as well.
Still, tourists who visited Singapore said that they would make a return visit. Ms Wang said that she would like to go to the zoo and Universal Studios next time.
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