John Elijah Gan and Timothy Goh Nearly three in 10 here are planning to travel overseas this year even if the current global Covid-19 situation remains the same, despite the international resurgence of coronavirus cases and changing travel restrictions as the Omicron variant sweeps the globe.
This was one of the findings of an online survey of 1,000 respondents commissioned by The Straits Times and conducted by market research firm Milieu Insight from Jan 6 to 10.
The respondents, who are all Singaporeans, are representative of the Singaporean population aged 16 and above by age and sex.
Of the 28 per cent who said they intend to travel this year, one-fifth had already travelled for leisure since the start of the pandemic.
This story is from the January 17, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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