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	Singapore hotels and accommodation for Singapore city
		Singapore is a tourist playground with a host of spectacular attractions, exotic dining and luxury hotels.
		Singapore’s Nightlife is known for where to hang out with some drinks and dance, while on the other hands the night shopping and cultural encounters.
		Singapore’s nightclubs, bars and discos are pricey, yet glitzy targeting at the young-at-heart-night hawks.
	www-singapore.com (855 words)

	Tourism in Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and attracts millions of tourists each year.
		Singapore has a botanical garden open to the public that is 52 hectares large, and includes the National Orchid collection with over 3000 types of orchids growing.
		The cuisine of Singapore is often viewed by her population as a prime example of the ethnic diversity of the culture of Singapore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tourism_in_Singapore (916 words)

	Singapore Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tourism had been an important sector of Singapore's economy for more than a decade, averaging 16 percent of total foreign exchange earnings and 6 percent of GDP between 1980 and 1985.
		Observers noted also that Singapore was losing its "oriental mystique and charm." In its effort to build a modern city, it had torn down old buildings and curtailed traditional street activities, aspects considered by tourists to be part of Singapore's attraction.
		Singapore's top tourist-generating markets in 1987 were ASEAN (29 percent), Japan (15 percent), Australia (9 percent), India (7 percent), the United States (6 percent), and Britain (5 percent).
	www.country-studies.com /singapore/tourism.html (346 words)

	IZ Reloaded: Online Refreshments
		Singapore may not have a space program like neighbour Malaysia but very soon it will have an integrated spaceport that will offer suborbital spaceflights, as well as operate astronaut training facilities and a public education and interactive visitor center.
		Spaceport Singapore will be developed by Space Adventures, a company that has launched private explorers to space and a group of Singapore companies.
		For Singapore, it has to be the sub-orbital flight since they are towed from a jet plane to a certain altitude before they fire the rockets.
	izreloaded.blogspot.com /2006/02/space-tourism-coming-to-singapore.html (666 words)

	ArabMedicare.com: Medical Tourism Center (Singapore)
		Singapore made world headlines when a team of doctors and medical professionals successfully separated Nepalese twins, Ganga and Jamuna, who were joined at the head, in an unprecedented operation that lasted more than 90 hours in April 2001.
		Singapore promotes an environment that sets and enforces standards to safeguard public health and ensure efficiency, yet allowing for innovation in medical technologies.
		Singapore is a city that has evolved uniquely, where age-old traditions and cutting-edge innovations are celebrated, a place brimming with energy and bursting with exciting events.
	www.arabmedicare.com /medicaltourism_Singapore.htm (694 words)

	Singapore Tourism, Tourism in Singapore
		Singapore culture mirrors the multi-ethnic society and traditions of the land.
		Singapore map is very helpful for anyone desiring to tour the city-state, which is one of South-east Asia's most exciting holiday tourism destinations.
		Singapore is extremely popular among the tourists for its tourism attractions.
	singapore.tourism-asia.net /singapore-tourism.html (308 words)

	UK Traveller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Explore our Visit Singapore main site for comprehensive information on places to go and things to do in Singapore, a list of current and forthcoming events, tours and promotions, how to contact us, brochure requests and all that you need to plan your trip to Singapore.
		Singapore is 7 hours ahead during British Summer Time and 8 hours ahead when we turn our clocks back in the autumn.
		Singapore’s melting pot of cultures, innovation and fusion between different culinary expertise and backgrounds has inspired a dizzying variety of cuisine and dining experiences.
	www.visitsingapore.com /uk (558 words)

	Singapore Hotels : Accommodations, Singapore tourism Travel information guide
		Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore Malay: Republik Singapura; Chinese:, Pinyin: is an island city-state and the smallest country in South-East Asia.
		The site of several ancient port cities and a possession of several empires in its history, Singapore was a Malay fishing village when it was colonised by the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
		The Amara Hotel Singapore has all of the amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a hotel of this class...
	www.gosingaporehotel.com (362 words)

	Business Asia: Singapore to revise tourism figures - Business Travel
		Singapore, which suffered its worst tourism slump following the outbreak of SARS and the Iraq war, said it would review its target of doubling tourists and the amount they spend over the next decade.
		Singapore Airlines and other carriers cut flights after visitors avoided the city and as many as nine in 10 hotel rooms were left empty.
		Singapore's also hoping to draw visitors with appearances by Latino pop singer Ricky Martin and a "Bollywood Extravaganza" at the end of the year with Indian film stars, Lim said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJT/is_6_11/ai_106646663 (504 words)

	Singapore - Wikitravel
		Singapore is a microcosm of Asia, populated by Chinese, Malays, Indians and a large group of workers and expatriates from all across the globe.
		Granted self-rule in 1955, Singapore briefly joined Malaysia in 1963 when the British left, but was expelled because the Chinese-majority city was seen as a threat to Malay dominance, and the island became independent on 9 August 1965.
		Singapore is one of South-East Asia's largest aviation hubs, so unless you're coming from Peninsular Malaysia or Batam/Bintan in Indonesia, the easiest way to enter Singapore is by air.
	wikitravel.org /en/Singapore (9490 words)

	Singapore Tourist Attractions & Singapore Tourism \| iExplore.com
		Singapore is truly cosmopolitan, a fascinating mixture of people and culture: officially Chinese, Indian and Malay, but also with a huge foreign resident and transit population of Americans, Burmese, Europeans, Indonesians, Japanese and fellow Asians, making it one of the most diverse centers in Asia.
		The characteristic domestic architecture of Singapore – the shop-house with a molded front, shuttered upper floor and an arcaded street front – is much in evidence.
		The Singapore Science Center, open Tues-Sun 1000-1800, is a remarkable complex which includes hundreds of interactive exhibits, the Aviation Gallery which traces the history of flight, and the Omnitheater, a cinema with a planetarium-like screen.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Singapore/Where+to+Go (1614 words)

	Singapore Tourism Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tourism 21 is the STB's concerted response to partake of the anticipated growth in the regions tourism by active contribution to developing regional tourism..
		The project is derived from an intensive and collaborative effort by the Singapore Tourism Board, together with members of the private sector and other government agencies.
		To this end, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would like to invite global and/or local best-of-breed wireless technology providers and companies in the local tourism/hospitality sector to collaborate in the trial and pilot of innovative wireless applications for the local tourism sector.
	www.mob1le.com /images/case/case013.html (427 words)

	Services and tourism (from Singapore) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Singapore has been able to emphasize its comparative advantage in knowledge-intensive activities—especially communications and information and financial services—which are less dependent on foreign investment.
		It consists of the diamond-shaped Singapore Island and some 60 small islets, for a combined area of about 240 square miles (622 square kilometres); the main island occupies all but about 18 square miles of this territory.
		Singapore, a republic of Southeast Asia and member of the Commonwealth, consists of the island of Singapore and 58 nearby islets, at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-52627 (806 words)

	Overview - Singapore Country Guide - World Travel Guide
		Singapore is the East's great melting pot, a cultural pot pourri that leaves the unsuspecting visitor dazzled.
		Tourism for Singapore has also proven to be of good economic benefit.
		More seriously, Singapore has the highest per capita rate of judicial execution in the world, and the Government is still highly intolerant of internal dissent.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /country/country_guide.ehtml?o=250&NAV_guide_class=CountryGuide&NAV_Region=250 (539 words)

	Singapore Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Singapore has traded in its rough-and-ready opium dens and pearl luggers for towers of concrete and glass, and its steamy rickshaw image for hi-tech wizardry, but you can still recapture the colonial era with a gin sling under the languorous ceiling fans at Raffles Hotel.
		At first glance, Singapore appears shockingly modern and anonymous, but this is an undeniably Asian city with Chinese, Malay and Indian traditions from feng shui to ancestor worship creating part of the everyday landscape.
		A visit to Singapore is considered by many to be incomplete without a taste of Singapore's famous cocktail, the Singapore sling.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/asia/singapore (364 words)

	Business Asia: Singapore's new travel focus - Tourism Asia
		Singapore is renowned for being a manufacturing Mecca--but the global downturn has led to a shake up of priorities.
		Asad Shiraz, senior director of tourism marketing for the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), says the tourism sector is beginning to receive an increased economic profile.
		Singapore is scheduled to open a new performing arts centre soon, which Shiraz says will rival the Sydney Opera House.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJT/is_8_10/ai_91911647 (456 words)

	Identity crisis: Singapore and Asian tourism
		Tourism is a major and highly profitable sector of the economies of many Asian countries, especially those in South East Asia.
		Singapore has for many years retained the highest awareness with international tourists among Asia-Pacific destinations with a family-oriented, safe, modern, and exotic image.
		The latest Singapore Tourism Board survey of 12,000 visitors in 1998 has un-earthed findings that local tourism officials are describing as "..a wake-up call to the industry...".
	www.apmforum.com /news/ap090899.htm (1065 words)

	STB's International Advisory Council for Tourism to Discuss Singapore Tourism in Post-SARS Environment
		The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will be organising an International Advisory Council for Tourism (IACT) meeting on 10 and 11 November, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore.
		Singapore can leverage on its globally recognised excellent educational infrastructure and system to position itself as a key education hub in the region.
		With a very credible resolve and discipline supporting its unique attractions, Singapore is well positioned at the forefront of breaking through the dissipating shadows that have overhung the world-wide tourism market in recent years.
	www.asiatraveltips.com /travelnews03/811Tourism.shtml (953 words)

	CNN.com - Singapore: Tourism hit by war, virus - Mar. 25, 2003
		Tourism, one of the biggest service industries in the island nation of four million people, generates more than S$10 billion ($5.68 billion) in revenue annually, or about five percent of Singapore's gross domestic product.
		Singapore has ordered almost 750 citizens to remain at home in an attempt to contain the fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, that has killed more than 20 people worldwide.
		The board said that if the U.S.-Iraq war was swift, and the global economy not badly affected, visitor arrivals and tourism receipts would remain in its forecast range of between a fall of one percent to growth of three percent in 2003.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/03/25/leisure.singapore.tourism.reut (458 words)

	Singapore polishes tourism strategy - Sify.com
		Singapore is reinventing its tourism to stay ahead of the competition in the region and increase tourist arrivals.
		According to Singapore Tourism Board officials, of particular interest are the tourists from China and India, arrivals from where are showing double-digit growth.
		Tourism contributes 3-4 per cent of Singapore's GDP and it hopes to hike this to 4-5 per cent, she said.
	sify.com /finance/fullstory.php?id=14055379 (562 words)

	Singapore Airlines signs tourism deal - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		Singapore Airlines and Tourism Australia (TA) have signed a deal potentially worth more than $12 million to promote Australia as a tourist destination.
		TA managing director Scott Morrison said Singapore Airlines was an "important partner for Australian tourism", particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
		Singapore Airlines was told at the beginning of 2005 that the access issue would be resolved mid-way through this year, but Qantas lobbied hard to maintain its duopoly with United Airlines and the decision was delayed.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/Singapore-Airlines-signs-tourism-deal/2005/10/10/1128796461080.html (380 words)

	Singapore Tours, Tourism in Singapore, Singapore Tours Guide, Far East Tourism Guide, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Singapore offers a range of attractions to fascinate all ages.
		Because of its efficient and determined government, Singapore has become a flourishing country and a model to other developing nations.
		Pioneer travel agency based in India with offices in Bombay, Delhi and London and other tourism cities of India offer tour to Singapore, Singapore tourism guide, Far East tours packages, travel and tourism service in Far East countries, lowest and budget hotels packages, high standard tourism services and arrangements in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
	www.india-tourism.net /singapore-tours.htm (396 words)

	Singapore:The Social-Economic Development Of A City State: An essay on recent Economic History
		Singapore which had come about as a trading port and later as a military outpost for the British was threatened in its existence when the old Colonial empires disintegrated.
		Singapore was able to survive the turmoil through the implementation of various strategies.
		Singapore’s basic policy is to maximize the potential of its people so they can contribute the most to themselves and the country.
	www.cranendonk.com /singapore.htm (1364 words)

	In search of buzz, Asia bets on gambling \| csmonitor.com
		Singapore became the latest country to join the race for Asia's gamblers when it announced Monday that it would license two resort casinos in the wealthy city-state.
		Singapore's two casino resorts, worth $3 billion and expected to open in 2009, are central to its aim of doubling tourist numbers to 17 million a year, tripling annual tourist spending to $18 billion, and creating about 100,000 jobs.
		Singapore has received 19 proposals from major players in the casino business, including Las Vegas giants like MGM Mirage and Wynn Resorts Ltd., eager to get in on the action.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0419/p01s01-woap.html (941 words)

	Tourism in Singapore
		The Republic of Singapore, an island state on the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia, is undoubtedly the central strategic location in Southeast Asia.
		Singapore is known for one of the busiest seaports in the world and her world-class international airport, Changi Airport.
		The diverse cultures that exist in Singapore have thus led to a variety of local and foreign delicacies, traditions and festivals.
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/00213/plp.htm (1546 words)

	Singapore - Country Profile - the Lion City - Facts and Links for travel and tourism Singapore
		The island city-state of Singapore is situated in Southeast Asia on the southern tip of Malay Peninsula has seen many rulers in its history.
		Singapore's strategic location combined with a largely corruption-free government, skilled work force, pro-foreign investment and export-oriented led to a successful free-market economy which attracts international investment funds on a large scale despite its relatively high-cost operating environment.
		Embassy of Singapore to the U.S. Washington D.C. Embassy of Singapore in Germany
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/singapore.htm (927 words)

	TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND POLICY
		Tourism development is not merely about boosting tourist figures and bringing in more tourist dollars.
		Undoubtedly, it has to do with developing tourism resources, infrastructure, products, and attractions, but it is also about a society, polity, and economy meeting the challenges of globalization, the new millennium, and nation-building.
		Tourism in Singapore: An Overview of Policies and Issues (B S A Yeoh et al.)
	www.worldscibooks.com /eastasianstudies/4828.html (442 words)

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