How has Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' benefitted Singapore's economy?

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[Chinix]

I don't think anyone in Singapore is complaining about this. It's the neighbours that are unhappy lol.

[dixievine]

To put it simply, that's how some of us managed to keep our jobs.. I might not benefit as an individual but its interesting to see the increased number of tourists shopping esp in town 😅

[AceAng-dbhz]

With the high popularity of TS can you imagine how would her millions n millions of fans see SG after this concert? With that being said we can now announce to the world that we SG are ready for mega events that is capable of accommodating 60, 000 spectators. Not forgetting the smooth infrastructure from our public transport to our airport. What a better way to do publicity? To me even if the so called rebate was $55million in total is still a darn good business! Look and think far, if our gov has shallow minds like some that commented we SG would have long lost our edge in this world

[brianlee]

Terms of contract are signed in confidentially. Paying for exclusive rights are part of commercial deals. Who leaked the information to Thai PM? His allegations and timing of the his allegation has triggered name call from Philippines lawmaker calling us as "... not good neighbors." Grant is part of covid revival fund for the tourism sector. As recent, City of Perth has paid Coldplay for performing in their city, Hong Kong has paid grant for Messi exhibition match. If the terms and offers for exclusivity are unacceptable, AEG can walk away from the deal anytime. Its not just throwing huge sum money at the organizers like Thai PM has implied. Beside the grants, SG offers performers and their fans, infrastructure, security and crowd control, efficient transportation and connectivity direct flight and even better urban air quality (Not during the Haze season).

[autumntriesthings]

Imagine paying $3 million per night but you get hundreds of millions in return. That’s excellent ROI

[swoof]

This is typical Singapore and I love it ❤️ keep up the good work

[ciarankelly]

Singapore is very focused on its Tourism business such as F1 and this is just another event ! I am sure the organizers look for key things like good infrastructure, safety, security etc to make a successful event and Singapore offers this in abundance versus most other Asian countries and I used to live there and experienced this also. Well done Singapore!

[cktlsl]

if you happen to walk around those frog porridge and eatery around Geylang after the concert, you can see almost all of them are full, some of them even have long queue of swifties waiting for tables

[sgfuture]

I only know that the sales on "Sparkling swimsuits" suddenly up tremendously 😂😂😂

[tuananhnguyen]

She got positioned in a good position to scale up. Don't know what lies ahead for her. Love to know.

[tanteckleng]

What is Taylor Swift's net worth in 2024?
According to a report from Bloomberg News,
Taylor Swift has entered her billionaire era with an estimated net worth of roughly $1.1 billion.

[htahtoo]

Singapore has set a precedence for her asean neighbours to follow.

[ymca]

I admire the move but 1 thing to point out, why is the estimated GDP increase (US$225 to US$300 mil) much lower compared to Japan and Australia? If we base it per night, those countries have gained way more than us (possibly up to 30% or more).

[anziar]

Fantastic! This is another great accomplishment by the PAP govt. S'poreans acknowledge that PAP is the only competent and effective party in s'pore.❤❤

[d.p]

For a random group of people, they all sang really well together at the end.

[DonkiDonkey]

The grant was paid using covid recovery grant. If SG got Taylor Swift that early, then there's nothing much to complain. The rest of the countries got front-run by half a decade. Singapore has probably started planning for the next eras tour.

[chinolee]

I wish i can come to singapore fOr free And watch taylor swift

[hiroyukishinichi]

These neighbouring noises are not even aware what they are being bitter about. Here is the true story (once they are aware, I am sure they will think otherwise, if there is a shred of shame hehez):

THEY THINK: Malaysia/ Philippines/ Thailand WAS in the conversation and negotiating with Taylor Swift, but Singapore swooped in and have her for themselves. So they think that is unfair?

O please, clear this up once and for all....

THE REAL STORY: Singapore was the only one negotiating with Taylor Swift EVEN BEFORE her international dates were planned. Malaysia/ Thailand/ Philippines was NEVER in the conversation at all. It was ONLY UNTIL Singapore announced the event and ticket sales opened, THEY TRIED to LEECH on Singapore and asked Taylor Swift "Can you also come over?" then FAILED due to the exclusivity clause. THAT is what they are being bitter about.

[Wizard]

I'm must grateful that Singapore gave Southeast Asians a chance to experience The Eras Tour. If they didn't, Japan will still be the only Asian country that will have the luxury of experiencing another Taylor Swift concert.

[hgyag]

Taylor Swift has created a Tsunami within ASEAN. It is test of trust and friendship alliance.


After the concert, videos clips have surfaced mentioning that our infrastructure👍👍👍 has greatly proven that we excel among our ASEAN neighbours.👏👏👏

Many Singaporean have supported the Singapore govt approach in exclusive deal

It was reported that it brought an estimated amount $500 million to Singapore economy.

Shouldn't we make a wax figure of Taylor Swift for her contribution in her own way in Singapore economic growth and allowing her to leave a mark in Singapore economic history.

In addition, more profits can be generated by suing AEG for disclosure

Risk and Opportunity coexist.