People visit the iconic tourist attraction Merlion Park in Singapore on April 7, 2022. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
Singapore will focus efforts to recover tourism on creating attractions and events with sustainability, and business tourism.
SINGAPORE, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Singapore government has earmarked nearly 500 million Singapore dollars (about 367.55 million U.S. dollars) to boost the recovery of its tourism industry, said Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, on Wednesday at the Tourism Industry Conference.
Singapore recognizes that it will take a few years for international travel to fully resume, but that in the immediate term, the country needs to speed up the recovery of the tourism sector, local media the Straits Times quoted Tan as saying.
Singapore will be dedicated to differentiating itself from other destinations, putting the focus on creating attractions and events with sustainability, and business tourism, said Singapore Tourism Board (STB) chief executive Keith Tan at the same event on Wednesday.
Singapore has recently opened its borders to fully vaccinated travelers without requiring COVID-19 testing or quarantine.■
