Economics

Singapore’s Staycations Can’t Fill $20 Billion Tourism Gap

  • Unlike bigger countries, the city lacks large domestic market
  • Government has set aside $65 million to cushion tourism blow
A quiet Siloso Beach in Singapore on July 6.Photographer: Wei Leng Tay/Bloomberg

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In Indonesia, locals can soon fly from Jakarta to the beaches of Bali for a domestic vacation. Tokyo residents can escape the pandemic stress with a hike in the mountains, and New Yorkers can head to the Hamptons on Long Island.