Singapore expects billions more tourism dollars with China boost

Tourism receipts are expected to climb to S$18 billion to $21 billion in 2023. - ST

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Singapore expects tourist numbers to double from last year to reach 12-14 million visitors in 2023, helped by China’s decision to drop Covid travel restrictions, along with an increase in flight connectivity and capacity.

Those tourists could bring in as much as S$21 billion (US$16 billion), compared with about S$14 billion last year, when 6.3 million people visited, Singapore Tourism Board said Tuesday (Jan 17). The city-state received only 330,000 international visitors in 2021, when curbs on global travel were most intense.