How Singapore Residentsare Vacationing "Overseas"
ANI
19 Jul 2021, 15:27 GMT+10
By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, July 19 (ANI): Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore with its strategic location, excellent air connectivity and world-class air and sea ports, was seeing explosive growth in its cruise industry propelled by rising number of cruise passengers particularly from China and India.
Today, although foreign tourists have all but vanished, the cruise industry is getting a second wind from enthusiastic locals eager to take a vacation away from the tiny island they call home.
Singapore is located strategically in Southeast Asia, within easy reach of 25,000 beautiful islands including Bali, Langkawi, and Phuket, and 37 UNESCO World Heritage sites. If it's Southeast Asian hinterland is the "Caribbean of the East", Singapore is the Miami.