Demand for hospitality courses rises as workers, companies eye recovery

Singapore

THE tourism industry has been hard-hit by Covid-19, with higher-than-average unemployment and depressed wages in travel-related sectors such as accommodation services.

But that has not deterred Singapore residents from enrolling in training courses - although it has been a divergent path between the polytechnics, which are seeing stable enrolment, and the private education providers that rely on foreign students.