{"id":32944,"date":"2022-08-25T02:17:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T05:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32944"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:33:12","slug":"singapore-to-relax-entry-rules-for-inbound-travellers-from-august-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-to-relax-entry-rules-for-inbound-travellers-from-august-28","title":{"rendered":"Singapore to relax entry rules for inbound travellers from August 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government has also announced that most indoor locations will no longer require mask-wearing from August 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- The government of Singapore has announced that it will reduce entry requirements for inbound travellers from Sunday (August 28)<\/strong>. Travellers aged 13 and over will no longer be required to undergo a seven-day quarantine and Covid-19 test prior to entry, even if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, from Monday (August 29), masks will no longer be required in most indoor spaces<\/strong>, except for public transportation, hospitals and clinics.\u00a0The capacity limit for events has also been lifted.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country was\u00a0one of the first in the region<\/a>\u00a0to relax Covid-19 measures, allowing casino operators to recover faster than in other countries. Genting Singapore<\/a>\u00a0reported a rise in gaming revenue of 7.3 per cent year-on-year to nearly SGD475.2m for the first half of the year.\u00a0Net profit fell by 4.3 per to SGD84.4m (US$61.3m) while\u00a0revenue was up 19.5 per cent to SGD663.1m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) came in at SGD268.7m, down 2.7 per cent year-on-year. Non-gaming revenue rose 64.9 per cent to just under SGD183m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marina Bay Sands<\/a>\u00a0posted net revenue of US$679m for the second quarter, up 107.6 per cent year-on-year, EBITDA rose by 184.8 per cent to US$319m. Casino revenue\u00a0<\/strong>increased by 124.2 per cent to US$500m with rolling chip volume for VIP play up 781.4 per cent to just over US$5.39bn. The mass-market chip drop was just under US$1.14bn, up 105.6 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government has also announced that most indoor locations will no longer require mask-wearing from August 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16735,"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 has further relaxed COVID-19 entry requirements and mask mandates, building on earlier measures that facilitated a faster recovery for its integrated resorts. This regulatory easing has positively impacted key operators, with Marina Bay Sands reporting significant year-on-year revenue and EBITDA growth, particularly in VIP rolling chip volume, while Genting Singapore also saw gaming revenue increase.","focusai_entities":"Genting Singapore, Marina Bay Sands","focusai_location":"Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Singapore GGR Outlook?","query":"What are the revised full-year Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) projections for Singapore's integrated resorts, considering the continued easing of travel and public health restrictions?"},{"label":"VIP Segment Recovery Drivers?","query":"Beyond travel easing, what specific market dynamics or strategic initiatives are driving the exceptional 781.4% increase in Marina Bay Sands' VIP rolling chip volume?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-32944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32944","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=32944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32973,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32944\/revisions\/32973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}