Domestic market a thin lifeline for tourism sector
With mass leisure travel unlikely to resume anytime soon, the sector needs to come up with new products and services to keep afloat
Singapore
DOMESTIC tourism, business travel and government-to-government arrangements such as air travel bubbles will be three sources of demand for Singapore's travel-related industries in the near to medium term.
Keith Tan, chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), named these market segments when asked about the agency's plan to get the ailing sector back on its feet.
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