Prospects of Tourism ???????

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Prospects of Tourism???????
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Current Tourism Status Future goals

• 2006
• Tourism receipts S12.4 billion
• Visitors number 9.7 million

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General changes

• Changing City Skyline
• From
• This ?

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General changes
To this !
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General changes

• Central Business District (around marina bay)
• Skyscrapers (the tall buildings) will be lit up
  with colourful neon lights
• waterfront shows to be held daily during the
  night
• Orchard Road
• street seatings will change colours when someone
  sit on it.
• brightly lit trees to portray Singapore as a
  Garden City
• Singapore River
• Jellyfish lights floating on Boat Quay
• illuminated banks and walls of river
• brightly-lit river taxis(so as to add on to the
  atmosphere)

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Changi Airport Terminal 3 (T3)

• Opening date 9 January 2008
• Largest of the 3 airports
• 7 storeys (4 above grounds, 3 below grounds)
• Capacity of 22 million passengers per year
• Directly opposite of Terminal 2
• Near Crowne Plaza 350 rooms

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T3 amenities

• Shopping/Eating Drinking
• More than 100 shops, 30 restaurants and 20
  service outlets
• Luxury Specialty duty-free items
• Many outlets are found in public area
• Full-sized supermarket in Basement Level 2, a
  food court and many other shops

• The Green Wall
• 5-storey tall and 300-metre long vertical garden
• 4 waterfalls and layers of tropical foliage
• Sculptured sandstone art wall at arrival hall

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Events

• Late Night Shopping every Saturday
• - launched on 1st September 2007
• - extended operating hours from 9pm to
  midnight.
• - used to be a monthly basis on every last
  Friday of every month.
• - TANGS has seen up to 20-25 increase in
  sales during the late hours
• - Participating malls located around Orchard
  e.g TANGS, Wisma Atria, Paragon

Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix - will launch on
28 September 2008 - 12 race teams - Pit Building
will be completed by May08(to house race
control facilities, team garages, hospitality
lounges for about 4,000 guests,a Media centre
etc.
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Events

• Largest, most exciting and visually stunning
  musical
• Staged from 02 Nov - 18 Nov 2007 (strictly
  limited season)
• Past places include Londons West end, Broadway,
  UK

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Infrastructure

• Double Helix Bridge
• Worlds first double helix bridge
• Resembles DNA structure (symbolises)
• Life continuity
• Renewal
• Everlasting abundance
• Growth
• Connect existing hotel, retail convention hub
  as well as upcoming Singapore Flyer the
  Integrated Resort (see next slide)

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Double Helix Bridge
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New MRT Lines
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New Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Lines

• Circle Line
• - Fourth MRT line
• - 29 stations
• - only have 3 cars instead of the
  usual 6
• Downtown Line
• - Fifth MRT line
• - 33 stations
• - Targeted to complete by 2018

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Singapore Flyer
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Singapore Flyer

• To be completed around March 2008
• Design developed by Dr. Kisho Kurokawa of Japan
  and DP Architects, Singapore.
• 165 metres above ground
• 28 Capsules of capacity 30 people each
• Duration of ride 37 minutes

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ION Orchard

• Estimated to be completed by the later part of
  2008
• Located above Orchard MRT station
• Cost of development S700 million
• 400 retail, FB and entertainment stores
• 8 levels of retail level
• Observation Decks at top two levels level 55
  and 56
• Take up 117 metres of Orchard Road
• Art exhibition space at Level 4 (5,300 sq ft)

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New hotels in Sentosa

• Capella
• Six-star resort with 170 rooms
• Will be ready by the 2nd half of 2008
• Two restaurants, a business center, four meeting
  rooms and a spa and fitness center
• Occupies 1.3 million square feet of rainforest
• Development cost US250 million

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New hotels in Sentosa

• Palawan Beach Resort
• - To be completed by 2nd half of 2008
• - Located next to the new Sentosa
  Express station on Palawan Beach.- 200
  rooms and variety of entertainment facilities

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2 Integrated Resorts
At Marina Bay
At Sentosa
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The Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort

• Completed by 2009
• 20.6 hectare of land - 1.2 billion
• Las Vegas Sands has committed
• to invest S3.85 billion in the
• project
• Most expensive Casino
• Three hotel towers
• 2,500 rooms
• 200,000-square foot arts and
• science museum
• Convention centre (1.2 million
• sq ft, capacity of over 52,000 people)
• 10,400 jobs created
• Main target Business travellers

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Resorts World at Sentosa

• To be completed by late 2009 or early 2010
• Family-oriented
• Resort developer Genting/Star Cruises
• Development cost S5.2 billion
• Features
• Six world-class hotels
• Universal Studios Singapore
• Marine Life Park
• Equarius Water Park
• The Spa by ESPA
• Festive Walk
• Casino

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  the first day we met is really very brief and not
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• Anyway, if theres any questions on some of those
  things, email me too! _at_ ? sufang89_at_hotmail.com
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