{"id":61955,"date":"2026-06-19T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61955"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:06:04","slug":"a-deep-look-at-singapores-push-for-urban-wellness-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=61955","title":{"rendered":"A deep look at Singapore&#8217;s push for urban wellness tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-description\">A billion-dollar thermal bath facility is part of the city-state\u2019s bid to grab a slice of the fast-growing pie<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body-container\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">[SINGAPORE] When Therme Group <a class=\"text-verticals-btblue underline hover:text-blue-500\" data-testid=\"article-annotation-link-component\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/property\/mah-bow-tan-led-therme-group-unit-wins-stb-tender-plans-s1-billion-wellness-attraction-marina-south\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the tender for a wellness attraction<\/a> in Marina South last November, some wondered how the Austrian company\u2019s thermal baths and saunas would fit in a tropical city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">Wellness tourism in South-east Asia is more likely to be associated with Bali\u2019s jungle retreats, Phuket\u2019s beachside spas and Chiang Mai\u2019s meditation escapes, rather than a S$1 billion complex minutes from Singapore\u2019s bustling financial district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words mb-4 md:mb-6 inline-block\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-component\">But the city-state is not competing directly with traditional nature retreats. Rather, it aims to become an urban wellness destination, with premium experiences integrated into business travel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstimes.com.sg\/opinion-features\/beyond-beaches-or-bali-singapores-push-urban-wellness-tourism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A billion-dollar thermal bath facility is part of the city-state\u2019s bid to grab a slice of the fast-growing pie [SINGAPORE] When Therme Group won the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}