Almost half a million people boarded planes bound for Malaysia from Singapore

During the holiday weekend, nearly half a million people travelled from Singapore to Malaysia via land crossings.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) reported on Wednesday that 491,400 people used land checkpoints to leave Singapore for Malaysia over the long weekend of April 29 to May 3. (May 4).

The majority of people travelled by automobile, with 201,900 people doing so.

Another 155,700 people used the bus, while 133,800 people rode their motorcycles out.

During the same time period, 462,400 people arrived in Singapore via land checkpoints from Malaysia.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICA) warned last week that a large number of people would cross the land border over the holiday weekend, which coincided with Labour Day on May 1 and Hari Raya Puasa on May 3.

People returning to Singapore "over the next few days," according to ICA, may cause traffic congestion at checkpoints. About 280,000 people left Singapore for Malaysia on Friday and Saturday, according to ICA.

The Singapore-Malaysia land border reopened on April 1, allowing fully vaccinated citizens to travel between the two nations without the need for quarantine or a COVID-19 test for the first time in two years.

Approximately 436,800 people used the land checkpoints throughout the Good Friday weekend in April.