Singapore cruise demand stays strong as fly-cruise visitors return on reopened skies

SINGAPORE’S cruise industry is seeing strong demand even as air travel resumes, with interest from younger passengers and the return of visitors who fly here for cruises, said industry players.

In 2022, Singapore saw close to 1.2 million cruise passengers, according to Singapore Tourism Board (STB) data. This remained short of the 1.8 million passengers in pre-pandemic 2019, but was up from 723,799 passengers in 2021 and 409,564 in 2020.

“The cruise industry is on a strong growth trajectory, and we expect more cruise lines to deploy bigger ships and include the region in their sailing itineraries,” said STB’s director of cruise Jacqueline Ng.