SINGAPORE – Like many others in the hiking industry, Basirun Mansor, a 29-year-old tour consultant, has had a rough year.
A two-year-old woman’s father earned about $2,000 doing this, about part of what he earned before Covid-19.His wife’s business, an enrichment center and an art studio for children, was also affected by the fact that he had to.the circuit breaker is closed.
So he was very happy to return to Guiding last month, achieving a series of SG55 tours that Monster Day Tours had presented at the end of last month.
Each tour, which can accommodate up to five people, costs $55, and the full amount is delivered to the guides.
For Mr. Basirun, that’s a long way between the $150 and the $200 consistent with the excursion he used to win.However, each bit counts.
“Running tours is my hobby and those visits complement my income,” she says.
Suen Tat Yam, CEO and founder of Woopa Group, the parent company of Monster Day Tours, presented this initiative to incorporate the dozen independent guides the company works with.
He says that when the tours were stopped, many in the country took a wait-and-see approach, hoping that the pandemic would disappear; some took the opportunity to take a break.
“Many consultants have taken on select jobs, such as being safety ambassadors or personal drivers, yet they still like the stories of consultants and percentages,” says Mr Sun, who has been paid since March.
Singapore’s industry is suffering to cope with the consequences of Covid-19.
Hotel organization Banyan Tree and Resorts World Sentosa have reported layoffs in recent months and industry observers expect the economic scenario to deteriorate.
But there is a ray of hope for companies that are benefiting from residents’ yen from new reports across closed borders, says Shirley Tee, senior director of Nanyang Polytechnic School of Business Administration.
National tourism is now on the agenda.
In fact, Suen says a stopover at Jewel and Changi Airport, organized in collaboration with Changi Airport Group, is one of Monster Day’s most successful tours, perhaps because Jewel is new and some have not yet made a stopover.
It is priced at $55 for five people, with gifts. Until the end of the month, Changi Airport gets pieces such as $20 gift cards and coffee snacks.Teh Tarik and discounted chips in the Zone X game room.
Meanwhile, all SG55 tour bookings come with a $10 Grab coupon and two loose tickets for a virtual bingo excursion, priced at $10 according to consistent revenue.
Launched last month, virtual bingo tours are the company’s opinion of the tours, in which participants can win prizes such as Grab coupons and $1,000 in cash.
Virtual tours are also TourHQ’s to the scarcity of trips abroad.
Vandana Om Kumar, who founded the company that connects travelers with local guides and tour operators around the world, was annoyed first and foremost when global blockades and border closures broke out.
“The scale of the stage hit us and we found out we haven’t been out in a long time. The guides called us from all over the world and asked us for loans. Besides making money, we also had to pay,” she says.
The company, registered in Singapore and Hong Kong, was founded in 2012 and has 35,000 guides and operators, adding 105 from Singapore.
Ms. Om Kumar said that while the company may not help all the guides stay afloat, she made the decision to try.
Last month, TourHQ introduced a series of tours, adding condensed walking tours in live one-hour reports.
To do this, he trained guides on how to frame photos, interact with the audience and keep others engaged, running with them remotely to refine their product.
The company charges a 20% commission, channeling the maximum of it towards the marketing of visits.
Of the 185 online reports on offer lately, five come from Singapore and canopy spaces like Chinatown, Kampong Glam and Civic Quarter, a crowd favorite.
The company also seeks to work with schools around the world on educational tours, as well as offer live campus tours for parents and long-term scholars who wish to browse at home and abroad.
Ms Om Kumar said, “It’s the way you react to the situation. You can either bend over and say that nothing is wrong or you can grab the bull by its horns and take a look at it to get the most out of things.
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