Singapore: Hotels, travel agents and tour guides licence fee waivers extended to end-2021; 8 new imported cases on Tuesday (March 2)

Alvin Tan noted that some 7,000 tourism businesses had benefited from the Jobs Support Scheme in 2020. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, March 2 (The Straits Times/ANN): Licence fee waivers for hotels, travel agents and tour guides will be extended to the end of 2021 as part of efforts to aid the recovery of the tourism sector.

Responding to questions from MPs on how the sector would be supported given ongoing travel restrictions on Tuesday (March 2), Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan noted that some 7,000 tourism businesses had benefited from the Jobs Support Scheme in 2020, and firms in the sector will receive further wage support until September 2021.