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Singapore may test business travel from some nations in September
SINGAPORE plans to set up pilot programmes next month to allow vaccinated business travellers from some countries to enter on carefully controlled itineraries as it takes steps to reopen its borders.
Singapore is in talks with Germany, Australia, Canada and South Korea to be the first batch of countries for such arrangements, though it is also looking at the possibility of leisure travel, Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong told Bloomberg News in an interview on Tuesday.
He said factors like infections, vaccination rates and the ability to control outbreaks will be considered in these discussions.
“In the pilot, we are likely to focus more on business travel, but beyond business travel, we are also looking at the possibility of leisure travel, particularly to those safer countries, those with a lower infection rate,” he said.
“We will need to pilot-run some of this with an organised itinerary, probably with organised tour groups, to be able to find ways to bubble-wrap them for the journey and with specific designated places that they can visit.”
Source: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/singapore-may-test-business-travel-from-some-nations-in-sept