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Business travel, high-end tourists lead return of China visitors to Singapore

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Published Wed, Jan 18, 2023 · 05:50 AM
    • The meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) and corporate travel segments are expected to pick up first, followed by the return of Chinese leisure tourists.
    • The meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (Mice) and corporate travel segments are expected to pick up first, followed by the return of Chinese leisure tourists. PHOTO: BT FILE

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    BUSINESS travellers and high-end tourists are leading the return of China visitors to Singapore, with mass-market tourism unlikely to resume significantly yet amid economic uncertainty and limited flights, say businesses and analysts.

    The recovery in arrivals from China is expected to be more apparent only from the second quarter or second half of 2023, due to Chinese New Year festivities in late January as well as China’s current Covid-19 wave.

    In 2023, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) hopes to see China arrivals recover to between 30 and 60 per cent of pre-Covid levels, chief executive Keith Tan said at STB’s year-in-review on Tuesday (Jan 17).

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