Low demand: A row of empty seats are seen onboard an SIA flight to Singapore from Jakarta International Airport. Singapore’s travel-related sectors are grappling with what could be the city-state’s worst recession wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
SINGAPORE: Singapore is seeking to open the door to a wider range of business and leisure visitors to boost its hard-hit tourism sector, with the return of mass travel still a long way off amid the pandemic, according to the head of the country’s tourism agency.
The industry expected more job losses in the coming months once existing government support for rent, taxes and salaries starts tapering off, Keith Tan, chief executive officer of the Singapore Tourism Board said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. Job losses so far in the sector have been in the “very low thousands,” he said.
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