Travellers have been making inquiries and some companies have already booked tickets following the announcement of an upcoming Australia-Singapore travel arrangement yesterday.
Experts said the move is a positive one, noting Australia is a travel market almost as big to Singapore as the 11 current vaccinated travel lane (VTL) countries combined.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison signalled yesterday that the arrangement for fully vaccinated travellers could be in place by Nov 23 and will initially apply to international students and business travellers, while tourists could be allowed to enter from December.
The move has raised the hopes of businesses here. In 2019, the last year before Covid-19 struck, Australia was Singapore’s fourth-largest inbound tourism market by expenditure and accounted for 2.3 per cent of Singapore’s total trade – coming up to $23.9 billion.
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