Visitors of the Singapore Airshow being exploited to no end Trade visitors at the Singapore Airshow 2016 left with dampened spirits and a hole in their pockets on Tuesday (16 Feb) due to the poor organization. Because this happened during the first day of the Singapore Airshow: Source The waiting time for a taxi at the Singapore Airshow stretched over two and a half hours, leaving many visitors of the Airshow furious under the sweltering heat. Organiser Experia Events not only forbade taxi bookings, but also charged $8 for a shuttle bus ride each way, and a surcharge of $10 for taxi rides from the event. These $8 shuttle buses only brought passengers from the Changi Exhibition Centre to the Singapore Expo. Bicycles and personal mobility devices (PMDs) are also prohibited, all in the name of traffic congestion and the lack of parking space. Event organisers barely managed traffic and the queues were hectic However, even with these charges, traffic and human congestion did not to ease. Traffic issues were further aggravated, as only 2 taxis entered the exhibition despite space for five cabs at any one time. According to Channel NewsAsia, a visitor said that the queue could be better managed with barricades. “There appears to […]
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