Singapore's borders have effectively been closed for 21 months, so news that rules will finally be relaxed has sent residents rushing for a ticket out,APA reports citing BBC.
From 19 October, vaccinated people can travel freely from Singapore to a dozen countries around the world - without quarantine and with fewer swab tests. By 15 November, another nine countries will be added to the list.
"The cabin fever was just driving us crazy. There's no demarcation between leisure and work here," Low Ka Wei, a corporate communications executive told the BBC.
The demand for tickets was so great that travel websites crashed.
The Singapore Airlines website went down over the weekend, causing a frenzy among eager travellers and leading to one Reddit thread asking: "Did we just collectively break SIA's website?"
So, having no luck online, Mr Low and many others went the old-fashioned way, spending hours queueing outside a downtown airline office to book.
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