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Singapore tourism sector should not bank on Chinese travellers returning for full recovery
Chinese visitor numbers to Singapore are not likely to recover in 2024 despite a new visa-free policy and a recent increase in Singapore-China flights.
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Travel between Singapore and China will be robust for the upcoming Chinese New Year season.
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Brendan Sobie
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Travel between Singapore and China will be robust for the upcoming Chinese New Year season.
With 429 weekly Singapore-mainland China flights scheduled for the week before Chinese New Year this year, this is almost identical to the 430 flights for the same week in 2020 and more than the 413 flights in 2019, according to aviation data provider OAG.
