{"id":17898,"date":"2021-05-14T15:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17898"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:32:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:32:46","slug":"singapore-hong-kong-travel-bubble-delayed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-hong-kong-travel-bubble-delayed-again","title":{"rendered":"Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble delayed again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore is likely to be delayed again due to a rise in Covid-19 cases in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- In April\u00a0<strong>Singapore\u2019s Ministry of Transport\u00a0<\/strong>had announced that an air travel bubble with Hong Kong was to begin on May 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, now it seems\u00a0<strong>the travel bubble is likely to be delayed again<\/strong>. Although Hong Kong reported virtually zero cases of Covid-19 in recent weeks, <strong>Singapore has seen a rise in cases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore authorities said they would closely monitor the evolution of Covid-19 cases and make an\u00a0<strong>announcement regarding the travel bubble with Hong Kong early next week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be <strong>the second time the two countries have had to cancel plans<\/strong>\u00a0to open a travel bubble. A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-singapore-travel-bubble-delayed-until-2021\">travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0was originally planned to begin in November, but <strong>a spike in Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong put back the initiative<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator <strong><strong>Genting Singapore Ltd<\/strong><\/strong> reported<strong> <\/strong>that <strong>revenue dropped 32 per cent year-on-year<\/strong> during the first quarter due to the lack of tourists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore is likely to be delayed again due to a rise in Covid-19 cases in Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The proposed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore faces another delay due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Singapore, impacting tourism. This ongoing deferment has already contributed to a 32% year-on-year revenue decline for casino operator Genting Singapore Ltd in Q1, highlighting the vulnerability of integrated resorts to international travel restrictions.","focusai_entities":"Genting Singapore Ltd, Ministry of Transport","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Genting Singapore Outlook","query":"What is the projected NGR impact for Genting Singapore Ltd if the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble remains suspended through H2 2021, and what mitigation strategies are in place?"},{"label":"Regional IR Recovery","query":"How do ongoing travel restrictions in Southeast Asia affect the broader recovery timeline and investment outlook for integrated resorts across the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17898"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17922,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17898\/revisions\/17922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}