Singapore to Test Modest Business Travel as Opening Inches Ahead
- Germany, Australia among places first in line for travel pilot
- Easing of local measures will follow border reopening: Gan
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Singapore plans to set up pilot programs to allow vaccinated business travelers from some countries to enter on controlled itineraries next month, as it charts a cautious international reopening that extends to local virus curbs too.
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 minister Gan Kim Yong told Bloomberg News in an interview Tuesday. He said factors like infections, vaccination rates and the ability to control outbreaks will be considered in these discussions.