VIRUS OUTBREAK: TOURISM
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Demand for hospitality courses rises as workers, companies eye recovery

Annabeth Leow
Published Mon, Mar 1, 2021 · 09:50 PM

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    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.

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