SINGAPORE – Tourist arrivals from China have not bounced back to numbers chalked up before the Covid-19 pandemic, unlike other key markets such as Australia and India, but the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is bullish that this is just a matter of time.

One reason for the confidence is that weekly flights between Singapore and China have recovered to 100 per cent of pre-pandemic levels since end-January 2024, said STB chief executive Melissa Ow.

“For us, that is a great signal as to how airlines are also reading and interpreting market demand signals – it is overall a positive picture,” Ms Ow said in an exclusive interview with The Straits Times on Feb 1.

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