SINGAPORE — After a two-year hiatus, the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore fair returned to the Singapore Expo on Friday , welcoming crowds hungry for"revenge travel".
Mr Shawn Patrick, 20, said that this was the first time he had gone to the travel fair, as he normally travels free and easy. “I am planning a trip for my parents,” he said.Retired businessman Steven Oh, 61, who had recently returned from Thailand, said that he was planning to go on a package tour to either Australia or New Zealand around the end of this year.
He was among several customers whom TODAY spoke with who expressed their desire to travel, despite the higher costs. Currently, China and Taiwan are closed for consumer leisure travel. Hong Kong has mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals, while South Korea recently introduced polymerase chain reaction tests for travellers entering the country.
Retired aircraft engineer Vincent Toh, 56, also said that the options were"limited and uninteresting", wishing for more free-and-easy travel.Visitors to the Natas travel fair at Expo Hall 5 on Aug 12, 2022. Photo: Nuria Ling/TODAYA total of 21 travel agencies are participating in the fair, which runs until Sunday.
“Travellers are looking for relatively unusual places such as Morocco and Turkey, as compared to other more conventional destinations,” she said.
Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)
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