With more people working from home and rising transport costs, fewer are going out to drink after work and bars are suffering. As nightlife operators shutter, this will have a far-reaching impact on Singapore's attractiveness as a tourism hub, experts warned.

TL;DR: Singapore is expensive to explore, it is designed for work and study and not tourism.

Ever since the 2013 Little India Riot and the COVID-19 pandemic, nightlife in Singapore is declining. That means, there’s more interest in non-alcoholic options in bars, alcoholic drinks at home.

    • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Nah, not necessarily. Singapore is more like a city-state reliant on export capital, including trade, and geopolitical position (that’s where it mainly gets its wealth), but it is not good for tourism, apparently.

      It’s not like one of those labor market or resource comprador countries in the Global South; it’s more akin to Dubai, if it was a city-nation.