Singapore airport becomes luxury 'glamping' ground

This airport has become a ‘glamping’ ground

Location: Changi Airport, Singapore

Some visitors are choosing to spend their holidays

in luxury tents with queen-sized beds

at the retail and leisure wing of the Changi Airport

(SOUNDBITE) (English) FADLINA MUSA, BUSINESS MANAGER IN BIOMEDICAL INDUSTRY, SAYING:"Usually we go out of the country every holiday but since we can't travel much and it's a school holiday so I thought, you know, why not do something different for the children. And I think they enjoy camping, they always set up tents in our house, I thought lets give them this experience."

But the 'glamp-cations' aren't cheap

Guests can spend up to $269 a night at the airport

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