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The holiday season is just around the corner, and while we can’t make overseas travel plans for now, there are some ways to recreate the thrill of going on vacation without needing your passport. Read on to find out how.
Almost every holiday begins with a trip to Changi Airport. Whether you take private hire, or even public transport, it creates the bubbling excitement of heading to the airport and realising that it’s finally happening. It’s vacation time!
Well, don’t let border restrictions stop you from experiencing this. Book a stay at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport and start packing for your staycation at the airport. With a selection of packages, you can select one that suits your needs, whether it’s an a la carte buffet breakfast, complimentary parking, a visit to the Canopy Park or even bicycle rental.
The Stay Shop Play Package features daily breakfast, Canopy Park tickets, $5 Jewel Retail Voucher and complimentary 24-hour parking at Changi Airport Car Park 3B. It’s a perfect balance of all 3 elements that are essential for a holiday. You can even request for late check-out till 4pm, subject to availability.
If you like your holidays packed with activities, check out the Family Escapade package. Relive the joy of travel with a 2-hour Changi Airport and Jewel tour by Monster Day Tours and discover new things about the World’s Best Airport. For those that love the great outdoors, this package also comes with 2-hour bicycle rental at GoCycling at Hub & Spoke (Terminal 2). Explore the newly opened Jurassic Mile, or top-up extra rental hours and make your way to East Coast Park and back. After a long day of activities, indulge in a relaxing soak in the tub, dream in the comfortable beds and wake up the next day and refuel with an a la carte buffet breakfast.
Prefer a day trip? The A-Mazing Weekday Getaway gives you 6 hours use of Premier Room between 10am – 6pm on a weekday, $5 Jewel Retail voucher and Hedge Maze tickets, which also include admission to the Canopy Park.
Whether you like relaxing vacations, fun-filled holidays or both, you can have it just the way you like, complete with a trip to the airport, with a staycation at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport.
Earnest efforts by the Thai government to breathe life back into the country’s domestic tourism sector could be jeopardised by months-long nationwide protests calling for monarchy reform in the kingdom.
Amid the political turmoil in Thailand, the country’s domestic tourism recovery is getting stalled and delayed, reminding the tour operators that Covid-19 is not the only barrier for recovery, said GlobalData.
Johanna Bonhill-Smith, travel & tourism analyst at GlobalData, commented: “For the travellers’ confidence to return, a united front is not only essential for its destination image internationally, but also to encourage the domestic flows across the country.”
As the pandemic continues to ravage Thailand’s top inbound markets such as the US and India, GlobalData projects a slow international tourism recovery for the destination, as lack of spending and arrivals from its main contributors may cause further damage in the foreseeable future.
While domestic tourism has been hailed as a saviour for sector recovery, followed by regional travel, a different scenario is playing out across Thailand with protests stretching on for months. With demonstrations intensifying, it could spell trouble for domestic tourism, said GlobalData.
Bonhill-Smith added: “Covid-19 is one of the greatest crises the travel industry has ever faced and it has decimated industry revenues across the supply chain. However, the situation in Thailand reminds that travel and tourism companies should not ignore other circumstances/events. The pandemic has certainly rattled the travel sector but there are other factors that can still significantly hurt the demand.”
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has been active in its response in attracting international tourists to the destination, including the launch of the Special Tourist Visa in early October to reboot inbound travel.
Bonhill-Smith concluded: “As a tourism-reliant destination, certain initiatives have been taken to ignite travel recovery. However, TAT and other travel and tourism related companies need to tread carefully while marketing amid protests as this may spark further concerns if extravagant tourism campaigns are rolled out when the country is suffering social unrest.”
Thailand is renowned as one of the most tourism-reliant destinations globally, receiving 39.7 million international visitors in 2019. Its domestic tourism contribution way surpasses this, with 113 million domestic trips taking place in 2019 – highlighting the significance of domestic travel.
GlobalData forecasts that international tourism to Thailand will decline by 38 per cent in 2020, while domestic will drop by almost 25 per cent, mainly due to Covid-19.