For instance, if you buy one $25 attraction ticket and use $30 worth of vouchers, the $5 leftover from the vouchers will be wasted. You can decide on the value of SingapoRediscovers Vouchers you want to redeem for each purchase.Įach voucher comes in denominations of $10 and any unused value in a voucher will be wasted. Simlarly, vouchers can only be redeemed for cruises as part of a bundled package.
Such packages must meet certain criteria such as ensuring that the retail or F&B component is used during the same period as the hotel stay, attraction visit and/or tours.įor instance, the vouchers could be used for a one-night room stay bundled with dinner for two at the hotel's restaurant. Generally, no, even if a wedding package includes a hotel stay.īut the vouchers may be used for retail and F&B only if they are part of an approved package including a hotel stay, attraction visit and/or tour. Can the vouchers be used on cruises, shopping and food and beverage and at weddings?
The full list of eligible merchants can be found here.ĥ. They can be spent on the tours offered by 79 tour operators.Īs for attractions, 39 of them, or 91 per cent meet the eligibility criteria for the SingapoRediscovers Vouchers. They can be used at all Singapore Tourism Board (STB) approved hotels, leisure attractions and local tours.Īs of Monday (Nov 23), STB said 230 hotels, 971 tour itineraries, 43 attractions and 230 hotels have been approved to resume operations.įor now, the vouchers can be used at 178 hotels which represents about 77 per cent of hotels allowed to re-open. What can I spend the tourism vouchers on? and in fact, help them to come up with packages.4. "We are trying to cover the ground as much as possible. On whether the Government would monitor if the vouchers were disproportionately spent on hotels and staycations as compared with local tours - resulting in an "imbalance in recovery" - Mr Tan said there will be trickle-down effects as the vouchers are meant to stimulate demand. In a radio interview with Money FM 89.3 on Monday morning, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan said many attractions and tours are starting to digitalise or innovate to capture domestic demand, especially in the short term. There are other support measures for the F&B and retail sectors, she said, adding that the agency hopes the vouchers will have a multiplier effect on spending at these merchants, when Singaporeans visit them while exploring the country.Ĭonsumers and eligible merchants will get more information about eligible promotions and products in due course, she said. The vouchers will be distributed via SingPass, and can be used at all licensed hotels, leisure attractions and for local tours by operators that have been given the green light by STB to reopen or resume.Īs at Monday (Oct 12), 219 hotels, 40 attractions and 609 tour itineraries have resumed operations, said Ms Lim.Īsked if the vouchers can be used for local retail, such as for shopping and food and beverage outlets, she said the tourism industry adds vibrancy to the retail and F&B sectors. The $320 million worth of vouchers - aimed at giving local tourism businesses a boost - will be given in denominations of $10, and users can decide how much to use for each of their purchases. The SingapoRediscovers Vouchers, first announced in August, are meant to be spent on staycations, tickets to leisure attractions and local tours. On how STB would enforce this rule, Ms Lim told The Straits Times that the agency is working out the parameters of the voucher scheme and will give more information in due course.
SINGAPORE - The $100 tourism vouchers that all adult Singaporeans will receive starting from December are meant for personal use only, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).Īsked if the vouchers could be transferred or pooled together, STB brand director Lim Shoo Ling said the vouchers "must be used for their intended purposes so that usage can be tracked and abuses such as fraud and resale can be avoided".