{"id":9255,"date":"2020-08-22T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9255"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:31:11","slug":"singapore-relaxes-border-restrictions-for-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-relaxes-border-restrictions-for-tourists","title":{"rendered":"Singapore relaxes border restrictions for tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travellers from New Zealand and Brunei will be tested on entry but will not have to serve a stay-home notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- As of September 1, visitors entering Singapore Brunei or New Zealand, having spent at least 14 days in those countries, will not have to serve a stay-home notice. They will be tested for Covid-19 upon arrival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brunei and New Zealand were chosen since they are small countries that have been largely successful in controlling the outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore has also updated its travel advisory for people travelling to these the countries, allowing\u00a0general travel, including students, depending on entry requirements imposed by the respective governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-chair of the Covid-19 multi-ministry task force, Lawrence Wong, said during a press conference that the arrangements with Brunei and New Zealand are not reciprocal but that discussions with both countries are ongoing. The country has negotiated a mutual agreement with Malaysia<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore has also cut quarantine requirements from 14 to seven days for travellers from Australia \u2013 excluding Victoria \u2013 China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transport minister Ong Ye Kung said the move aims to strike a balance between controlling the spread of the virus and reviving air travel, a key driver for the trade and tourism-reliant economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said to reporters: \u201cRemember, as a small open economy, to survive we\u2019ve got to keep our borders open. To earn a living, [we need to] have connections with the world and to thrive and to prosper, we must be an aviation hub.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travellers from New Zealand and Brunei will be tested on entry but will not have to serve a stay-home notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9257,"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 visitors from select low-risk countries, including New Zealand and Brunei, effective September 1, requiring only on-arrival testing without a stay-home notice. This strategic move, which also reduces quarantine for other nations, aims to balance public health imperatives with the critical need to revive air travel and bolster Singapore's trade and tourism-dependent economy.","focusai_entities":"Lawrence Wong, Ong Ye Kung, Covid-19 multi-ministry task force","focusai_location":"Singapore, New Zealand, Brunei, Australia, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), investor_analyst (0.88), journalist_researcher (0.92)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Economic Impact Projections","query":"What are the projected economic uplifts for Singapore's aviation, tourism, and related trade sectors, and how quickly is this expected to translate into GDP growth, following these revised travel protocols?"},{"label":"Reciprocity & Market Expansion","query":"Given the non-reciprocal nature of the initial arrangements, what specific diplomatic and economic factors are influencing ongoing discussions for mutual agreements, and which additional high-value markets are next in Singapore's border re-opening strategy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[338,169],"class_list":["post-9255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-singapore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9269,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions\/9269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}