Cruise industry restart: How Singapore residents are vacationing overseas ANI | Updated: Jul 19, 2021 10:31 IST
By Lee Kah Whye
Singapore, 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.
How Singapore Residentsare Vacationing Overseas
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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.
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Singapore Tourism Board director, cruise development Annie Chang; Penang Global Tourism CEO Ooi Chok Yan; and Thailand Tourism Authority deputy governor for tourism product and business Thapanee Kiatphaibool speaking at a CruiseWorld Asia panel discussion moderated by Singapore Cruise Centre chairman Loh Lik Peng.
Hopes for cruise bubbles developing between ASEAN countries have soared, after key tourism executives in the region attending this week’s CruiseWorld Asia webinar revealed that discussion and plans are underway to restart cruising in their respective destinations.
Penang Global Tourism chief Ooi Chok Yan dropped a broad hint that Malaysia is looking to launch domestic cruising in the second quarter of 2021, when he was asked by panel moderator, Loh Lik Peng, chairman of Singapore Cruise Centre and CEO of Unlisted Collection, when the country might resume sailings.