Huge lift from China reopening could mean billions of dollars for city-state
Tourists pose for photos in front of the Marina Bay Sands at a popular viewpoint along Marina Bay in Singapore. (Reuters File Photo)
Singapore expects tourist numbers to double from last year to reach 12-14 million in 2023, helped by China’s decision to drop Covid travel restrictions, along with an increase in flight connectivity and capacity.
Those tourists could bring in as much as S$21 billion (US$16 billion), compared with about S$14 billion last year, when 6.3 million people visited, the Singapore Tourism Board said on Tuesday. The city-state received only 330,000 international visitors in 2021, when curbs on global…
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