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Singapore Tourism has announced that Australians can travel to Singapore from October 8!

YAY at last!

A few catches though!

It does not look like you can get an Australian government exemption to travel there, unless you fit into of the exemption categories.

Are there any flights to Singapore?

Oh, and even if you can get the exemption and a flight to savour a wonderful Singapore Sling and the amazing food in the hawker markets, it looks like you would have to spend 14 days in quarantine when get home, currently it looks like in a hotel and at your own cost!

Singapore is continuing to lift its border restrictions to countries where COVID-19 is considered largely under control, but Victoria will be excluded from the Australia-Singapore arrangement until the state makes more progress in battling its ‘second wave’ pandemic outbreak.

Singapore’s ‘green lane’ corridors are for essential business and government travel, the, but Australia-Singapore travel agreement extends to any visitors, including tourists and conventional business trips.

In order to visit Singapore, you must apply for a free Air Travel Pass between seven and thirty calendar days prior to the visitor’s intended date of entry into Singapore, according to the Singapore Government’s SafeTravel website, with the pass is valid for a single entry into Singapore anytime from the visitor’s intended date of entry and up to seven calendar days after.

Visitors must also download Singapore’s TraceTogether app onto their Apple or Android smartphone and hold a booking for non-residential (such as hotel) accommodation in Singapore for up to two days after their arrival while awaiting the results on their on-arrival COVID-19 test, with that test taken at Changi Airport at a cost of S$300 and visitors encouraged to register and pre-pay for the test before departing for Singapore.

You must then take private transportation, taxi, or private hire car from the airport to your accommodation and remain in isolation until notified of a negative test result.

Sound like too much trouble?

Well I reckon you will need get used to it, as this processed like this will become common place over the coming months

A report by John Alwyn-Jones