December 30, 2022
After more than two years of crown disease epidemic, Singapore's tourism industry is recovering steadily.By this month, there are as many as 150,000 passengers received every day at Changi Airport, or about 1 million people per week, which is equivalent to about 75%before the crown disease epidemic, or more than twice that it will be more than doubled after the border in April this year.The aviation industry employees have also returned to about 90 % before the epidemic.
As the festival comes at the end of the year, the tourism industry has also ushered in the peak season, and there is a lack of staff in the hotel industry.At this time, China suddenly announced that it would open the border from January 8th, and no longer adopted all employees' nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation, and canceled the number of international passenger flights.Officials will also resume the approval of Chinese citizens to travel abroad and apply for ordinary passports, as well as ordinary visas such as foreigners.
Hong Kong also followed up and announced that from December 29th, a number of epidemic prevention measures were further relaxed, including the cancellation of all inbound compulsory nucleic acid testing, and hoping to implement the Lugang restoration customs clearance before the 15th next month.China is one of the largest tourist countries in various countries in the world, and Singapore is the first choice for tourists to travel in mainland China. Therefore, as soon as the news of the unblocking news was announced, the number of new flight reservations for outbound flights immediately increased by 600%.
For the tourism industry in Singapore, this is undoubtedly a great news.It is foreseeable that as the Chinese epidemic has gradually stabilized, international flight recovery and air ticket prices have fallen, and the number of people abroad will gradually increase.Therefore, Singapore will usher in a new wave of mainland tourists in the coming year.According to the website of the Tourism Bureau, passengers entering Singapore from Greater China have increased this year.The number of people per month from more than 5,000 to more than 8,000 in the first three months, more than 10,000 in April, and increased to 49,500 in November.
The surge in international passengers is currently happy, because China's crown disease epidemic is outbreak. It is estimated that it will reach the peak for a while.It is also inevitable that the virus is introduced, so preventive measures have been taken.For example, the United States has issued new regulations. From January 5th, air passengers from two years of age from China are required to detect negative certificates of crown disease testing within 48 hours before the trip. Passengers from Hong Kong and Macau are also limited by new regulations.Japan, India, Italy, and Taiwan have also announced that they will strengthen epidemic prevention measures for people from mainland China.Milan Malpecsa Airport has performed compulsory coronal virus tests on passengers from China on December 26, making Italy the first country in European Union to compulsory screening Chinese passengers.
The Ministry of Health of Singapore said the day before yesterday that Singapore regularly reviews border control measures in accordance with the global crown disease. At this stage, the management and control measures and vaccination requirements of passengers and working documents from China have remained unchanged.Officials will closely pay attention to global crown diseases. If necessary, the border epidemic prevention measures will be adjusted.
It is the right way to adjust the prevention and control measures due to the time system.At present, China's epidemic is still at an uncertain stage.Minister of Health Wang Yikang told the media on the 12th of this month that China recently relaxed the control of epidemic prevention, which is another uncertain factor for the next few months.He expects that local crown disease confirmed cases may rise.Most of China's population has never been infected. Once the virus spreads, new strains will definitely occur.What is worrying is that we don't know what kind of new strains will appear, and we must observe it carefully.
China's epidemic has begun to spread.Singapore has already known that this will happen, and the local area is the first choice for many Chinese tourists to come into visit. Naturally, it is necessary to prepare for epidemic prevention work.This includes a good way to do a good job in the airport, as well as the disposal process of detecting the passenger of Chengyang.
We might as well refer to the measures introduced elsewhere, but the national conditions are different and must be adapted to local conditions, because Singapore is a international metropolis after all, and it is also an international aviation hub and a tourist destination.Relevant parties believe that they have accumulated quite rich experience, which can allow us to control the new situation of epidemic situations while greeting passengers.
