Singaporeans are travelling more, longer and farther. What is driving the travel boom?

There is a burgeoning appetite for lesser-known locations such as Guizhou, China. PHOTO: CHAN BROTHERS TRAVEL
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SINGAPORE – The breathtaking beauty of the Aegean Sea beckons. Come April, I will be packing my bags to Santorini and other Greek islands.

In January 2023, I spent Chinese New Year battling the cold in central Japan, but loving every minute of the dreamy winterscape. In December 2023, I was in sunny Dubai admiring the extravagant architecture and screaming my heart out while dune bashing across the desert.

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