Economics
Singapore’s Long-Awaited Reopen Was Flopping Even Before Omicron
- Data show under one-quarter of allowable quota being utilized
- Rising Europe cases, cost of Covid tests putting travelers off
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Even before the new omicron variant forced the delay of several vaccinated travel lanes, Singapore’s grand reopening was off to a slow start.
Despite the social media hype and initial bookings rush, the number of people actually traveling using the city-state’s quarantine-free travel lanes is surprisingly few, according to Bloomberg calculations based on Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore data.