Despite Singapore’s move to grant more freedom to fully vaccinated Singapore residents as well as travellers, as she begins her endemic Covid strategy, inbound tourism recovery will continue to face a tough ride ahead due to slow vaccination rates as well as strict pandemic and border controls across her traditional top source markets, projects Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality.
In this episode of TTG Conversations: Five Questions, Kiong also discusses how initial travel recovery would look for Singapore, the fate of 425 licensed hotels in the destination once the government’s support schemes taper off in 2022, how labour challenges will add to hoteliers’ woe, the need for a new quality tourism definition to rebuild traveller interest in Singapore, and more.
