'Swift Effect' Hits Singapore: Hotels, Flights Booked Out Ahead Of Taylor Swift's Concert
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More than 300,000 fans from the city-state and neighbouring countries will attend the superstar's six sold-out Eras Tour shows
The "Swift effect" is about to hit Southeast Asia but Singapore has left some of its neighbours seeing red while it profits from a Taylor-made tourism boom as the star's only stop in the region. More than 300,000 fans from the city-state and neighbouring countries will attend the US superstar's six sold-out Eras Tour shows at the National Stadium from March 2-9. Ingrid Delgado, a fresh graduate in Manila who is travelling to Singapore for the March 4 show, said she bought a "new shimmering dress" for the occasion but had trouble finding an affordable hotel. "A lot were booked already, so I had to book a more expensive hotel," she said. The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts, as well as the Fairmont Hotel, told AFP that demand for rooms during the concert period had risen.
Big spenders have taken up Marina Bay Sands' luxury packages named after Swift's hit songs, such as Shake It Off and Stay Stay Stay.
The hotel's SG$50,000 ($37,230) "Wildest Dreams" package includes VIP tickets, fine dining, a hotel suite, limousine transfers and passes to tourist attractions. The hotel told AFP all its packages were sold out.
