Singapore Ready To Welcome Canadians

The Singapore Tourism Board has announced that vaccinated U.S. and Canadian tourists are now able to visit the island destination once again.

With Singapore’s high vaccination rate, the destination is moving to the next step of the safe reopening of the tourism sector by implementing local measures to keep travellers and residents safe, abiding by the requirements on COVID-19 prevention and Singapore public health regulations.

With visitor safety being a top priority, Singapore has implemented Safe Travel Lanes to facilitate travel, providing details on testing protocols, vaccination requirements, and other distancing and social regulations.

To raise hygiene standards and transform the cleanliness levels of public spaces, the SG Clean campaign was launched in February 2020, which requires tourism establishments to adhere to stringent levels of the SG Clean Quality mark reflecting their commitment and ownership of maintaining high standards of environmental public hygiene at their premises.

Rachel Loh, senior vice president America, Singapore Tourism Board Americas, said: “We look forward to safely welcoming back U.S. and Canadian tourists to Singapore, providing the opportunity for travellers to fully explore all that our destination has to offer.”

Loh continued: “Our enhanced cleaning protocols, contactless amenities, and safe management measures have been designed to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID19.”

As part of Singapore’s efforts to reopen borders safely, fully vaccinated U.S. and Canadian travellers looking to make future travel plans can safely enter and depart Singapore via the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL).

The requirements include:

• For travellers vaccinated in the U.S. or Canada, we currently accept vaccination certificates issued in the SMART Health Card (SHC) format, by issuers in Canada or the U.S. on the Common Trust Network.
• Vaccinated travellers will be required to undergo two COVID-19 PCR tests, including a pre-departure PCR test within 48 hours of their scheduled departure and obtain a negative test result. They will also need to take on-arrival test at Changi Airport and remain self-isolated until their test result is confirmed to be negative.
• Travellers who are traveling to Singapore under the VTL must travel into Singapore on designated VTL flights.
• Short-term visitors must purchase travel insurance for the entire duration of their stay in Singapore, with a minimum coverage of S$30,000 for COVID-19-related medical treatment and hospitalization costs, prior to travel to Singapore.
• Prior to travel to Singapore, visitors who wish to travel under the VTL will need to apply for a Vaccinated Travel Pass (VTP) seven to 30 days prior to the intended date of entry into Singapore. Applications for the VTP opened on Oct. 12, 2021 for entry into Singapore on or after Oct. 19, 2021.

Additional information on the VTL requirements into Singapore can be found at https://safetravel.ica.gov.sg/ .

For the latest travel updates on Singapore, go to www.visitsingapore.com .