Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in Singapore on flights from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai have been exempted from the quarantine rule and are part of the island nation’s vaccinated travel lane (VTL) initiative.
The travel trade community in Kolkata, while happy that the city will be reconnected with South-East Asia and have a daily connection to Singapore, are disappointed with the mandatory quarantine condition as that will discourage tourist traffic. Only those with family members or friends living in Singapore will want to travel. Apart from Kolkata, fights from Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi have also been denied VTL.
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