{"id":21189,"date":"2021-08-06T13:17:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21189"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:53:21","slug":"singapore-to-ease-travel-restrictions-from-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-to-ease-travel-restrictions-from-august-20","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to ease travel restrictions from August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Singapore have announced that restrictions on travel will be eased for fully vaccinated visitors from countries considered safe from August 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- The\u00a0<strong>government of Singapore<\/strong>\u00a0has announced that<strong>\u00a0travel restrictions will be eased from August 20<\/strong>\u00a0for visitors coming from countries considered safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who arrive in&nbsp;<strong>Singapore will have to undergo a 14-day quarantine<\/strong>&nbsp;in their respective residences or accommodation of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also announced that<strong>\u00a0people who have been fully vaccinated\u00a0<\/strong>and have a work pass may enter from August 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, the government&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-singapore-to-operate-at-revised-capacities\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had tightened Covid-19 countermeasures<\/a>&nbsp;again after the&nbsp;<strong>Ministry of Health (MOH)&nbsp;<\/strong>reported 182 cases of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for casino venues,\u00a0<strong>Resorts World Sentosa (RWS)<\/strong>\u00a0has recently confirmed its gaming venue will continue operating at reduced capacity until August 18. The casino operator said it has a \u201ctwo players per table\u201d limit at gaming tables. Bets from standing players will not be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts predict&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-singapore-ebitda-to-remain-below-2019-levels-for-two-years\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genting Singapore\u2019s revenue<\/a>&nbsp;will be SGD1.74bn (US$1.30bn) in 2021 and almost SGD2.11bn in 2022. In 2020, the company reported&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?s=genting+singapore\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revenue of SGD69.2m (US$52.1m)<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>down 89.9 per cent year-on-year.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Singapore have announced that restrictions on travel will be eased for fully vaccinated visitors from countries considered safe from August 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Singapore is easing travel restrictions for fully vaccinated visitors from August 20, requiring a 14-day quarantine. Concurrently, Resorts World Sentosa continues to operate its gaming venue at reduced capacity until August 18, implementing a \"two players per table\" limit. Analysts project significant revenue recovery for Genting Singapore in 2021 and 2022, following an 89.9% decline in 2020.","focusai_entities":"Resorts World Sentosa, RWS, Genting Singapore, Ministry of Health, MOH","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"RWS Capacity Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for Resorts World Sentosa to return to pre-pandemic operational capacity and table limits, and what are the key performance indicators for this transition?"},{"label":"VIP Segment Impact?","query":"How do the revised travel restrictions specifically impact the VIP segment's visitation and GGR contribution for integrated resorts in Singapore, considering the quarantine requirements?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189","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=21189"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21221,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21189\/revisions\/21221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}