Singapore Must Rely on Local Support to Boost Tourism – ST

If it were not for locals visiting its attractions and patronising its hotels, the Singapore tourism sector would have been wiped out in the past year, the Straits Times reported, citing Singapore Tourism Board chief executive Keith Tan.

One initiative that helped jump-start local tourism was the SingapoRediscovers vouchers, a $320 million scheme launched in December last year to encourage locals to support Singapore’s attractions and hotels. About 1.4 million of some three million Singaporeans eligible for the $100 vouchers had made redemptions as at December 1.

Read the full report: Straits Times.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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