Adler Poh says hostel operators do not have deep pockets to sustain the business until tourism picks up again. - The Straits Times/Asian News Network
SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (The Straits Times/ANN): Staycations are keeping the cash registers ringing at local hotels amid the pandemic, but backpacker hostels are out in the cold.
Hostel owner Jacquelyn Chan put it in a nutshell: "Who goes to hostels for staycations? We don't get anything out of it."
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