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SingapoRediscovers vouchers for tourist attractions, excursions and hotel reservations will be delivered through SingPass.
Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing at Jurong Bird Park speaking about the new tourism vouchers on September 16, 2020 (Photo: Ang Hwee Min)
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SINGAPORE: All Singaporeans aged 18 and over in 2020 will receive SingapoRediscovers coupons worth S $ 100, to be used between December 2020 and the end of June 2021.
Speaking to reporters in Jurong Bird Park on Wednesday (September 16), Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said: “This is not a welfare plan. This is an economic scheme to help our tourist attractions preserve the capacities that have been accumulated over the years, while consolidating capacity in the interim. ”
The coupons will be provided in S $ 10 denominations through SingPass, and can be used to purchase tickets for tourist attractions and tours, and accommodation reservations at authorized hotels, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in a fact sheet. separated on Wednesday.
More details on the exchange mechanisms will be announced in November.
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This comes after Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced in August that the government would provide vouchers worth S $ 320 million to encourage Singaporeans to support local tourism businesses.
An AS $ 10 subsidy will also be awarded for children’s and youth tickets for attractions and tours, the STB said. Each person can purchase up to six tickets for children or youth at subsidized prices.
The scheme will complement the ongoing SingapoRediscovers campaign launched in July, the STB said.
More than 200 offers and packages have been launched “to encourage locals to explore different venues and aspects of Singaporean life,” the STB said. The coupons will further encourage Singaporeans to do so, he added.
All licensed hotels, tourist attractions, and tours that have been approved by the STB to operate or reopen can benefit from this scheme.
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“We will expect a certain multiplier effect because when people come here, they also spend on other things. We have kept the scheme relatively simple. So for example they can use this to pay for tickets or defer the cost of tickets to enter.
“But when they go in, they will spend on some of the F&B and other services that the attractions, the hotels or the tours provide,” Chan said Wednesday.
“So with that we think there will be a catalytic effect. As for the exact extent of the catalytic effect, it will be difficult to predict at this point, but we hope it will be at least sometimes what we have planned in the budget. ”
Thanking tourist attractions for “making an effort” to implement safe management measures amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Chan said: “The other thing they have done very well over the past few months was to help us work on the arrangement to have a safe cohort for live performances. ”
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As of September 18, attractions that have received approval to resume operations can apply to the STB to increase their operating capacity from 25% to 50%, subject to approval by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Attractions can also apply to increase the capacity of their number of outdoor shows to five zones, with 50 people in one zone, subject to safe management measures.
Outdoor shows were previously limited to a maximum of 50 people.
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