{"id":29611,"date":"2022-05-05T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29611"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:58:35","slug":"singapore-passenger-volume-grows-after-easing-of-covid-19-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-passenger-volume-grows-after-easing-of-covid-19-rules","title":{"rendered":"Singapore passenger volume grows after easing of Covid-19 rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The city-state\u2019s minister for transport has reported that volume of passengers last month reached almost 40 per cent of the pre-Covid-19 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Singapore has experienced strong growth in the volume of air passengers arriving in the country after an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-to-reopen-borders-to-fully-vaccinated-travellers-from-april\" target=\"_blank\">easing Covid-19 countermeasures<\/a>\u00a0on April 1. According to<strong> S Iswaran, the city-state\u2019s minister for transport<\/strong>, passenger traffic at Singapore&#8217;s airport rose from about 18 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels in March to nearly 40 per cent in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister predicted that passenger traffic will continue to increase in the coming months as more flights return. He said: &#8220;We are well on track to restoring passenger volumes at Changi Airport to at least 50 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels by this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-to-remove-covid-19-test-requirements-for-fully-vaccinated-visitors\" target=\"_blank\">Singapore National Tourism Board executive director<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Keith Tan<\/strong>\u00a0told a forum in Manila that Singapore aims to remove all Covid-19 test requirements for fully vaccinated tourists within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Singapore Pools to resume lottery draws with live audience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore Pools has announced that it will hold its first draw with a live audience in over two years at the Singapore Pools Building on May 5.&nbsp;<strong>Participants do not need to verify their vaccination status<\/strong>&nbsp;or complete the SafeEntry check. However, they must wear masks indoors at all times, as required by existing safety management measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Singapore Turf Club has reopened to live spectators after two years of holding races behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Parts of the club were temporarily converted into Covid-19 recovery facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city-state\u2019s minister for transport has reported that volume of passengers last month reached almost 40 per cent of the pre-Covid-19 levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10747,"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 experiencing a robust recovery in air passenger traffic, nearing 40% of pre-pandemic volumes, driven by the relaxation of COVID-19 countermeasures. Concurrently, the city-state's regulated gaming verticals, including Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club, are resuming full operational capacity with live audience events, signaling a broader economic normalization and renewed consumer engagement within the leisure sector.","focusai_entities":"S Iswaran, Keith Tan, Singapore National Tourism Board, Singapore Pools, Singapore Turf Club, Changi Airport","focusai_location":"Singapore, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected impact of increased tourism and normalized operations for Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club on Singapore's overall Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the current and subsequent fiscal years?"},{"label":"Regulatory Adaptation?","query":"How might the observed operational adjustments by regulated gaming entities influence future regulatory compliance frameworks or public health mandates for large-scale events in Singapore?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29611","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=29611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29624,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29611\/revisions\/29624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}