Singapore and China held a meeting of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) in Tianjin on December 7, at which it was announced that the two sides would further strengthen people-to-people exchanges between the two countries through a 30-day visa waiver arrangement, The Paper reported. As soon as the news was announced, the number of searches related to Singapore tourism soared. According to data from Ctrip and Tongcheng Travel, as of December 7, searches for Singapore were up 80 percent from the hour before the announcement, air ticket searches were up 90 percent, and hotel searches were up 50 percent. The Qunar index shows that the search index in Singapore on December 7 increased by 4 times compared with last week.
The impact of this news is not limited to the increase in search volume, travel agencies also reported receiving inquiries from customers about relevant information. According to the travel agents concerned, some users have started to develop a strong interest in Singapore's tourist information. Singapore's popularity as a popular destination is mainly due to the visa waiver between China and Singapore. In the past, Chinese and New Zealand tourists needed to apply for visas to travel to each other's countries, which was cumbersome and expensive. Now, the mutual visa exemption between the two countries will greatly simplify the procedures, reduce the burden on tourists, and make it easier for China and New Zealand to travel between the two countries.
According to statistics, users in Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities have the highest attention to Singapore's tourism information. Obviously, Singapore's various attractions and the introduction of mutual visa exemption policies have made more and more Chinese tourists choose Singapore as one of the popular destinations for Chinese New Year tourism.
In general, the introduction of the mutual visa exemption policy between Singapore and China has greatly promoted the exchange of people between the two countries and brought great opportunities to Singapore's tourism industry. It is expected that more Chinese tourists will choose Singapore as their travel destination during the Chinese New Year. This has also brought new hope and opportunities for Singapore's tourism development.