Singapore Casinos & Gambling

Singapore’s tourism sector recorded a 2.9% growth in visitor arrivals and a 0.2% decline in tourism receipts for the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007. This is based on the 5.1 million visitors who arrived here from January to June this year, generating an estimated S$6.5 billion in tourism receipts. However, despite the recent slowdown in the sector’s growth caused by the current slower global economic climate, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) remains optimistic that the sector will continue to grow in the mid to long term.In the first three months of 2008, visitor arrivals (VA) to Singapore posted a growth of 6.6% compared to the same period last year. However, with the weakening economic climate, VA in April and May 2008 saw a growth of 0.8% against the same months in 2007, while the month of June 2008 recorded a 4.1% decline compared to June last year. Prior to June 2008, Singapore’s tourism sector had achieved 51 consecutive months of year-on-year growth in VA since March 2004.  Continue Reading »

India should be a huge market for Singapore, especially since Indians have very few options if they want to gamble. Its nice to see that Indians continue to discover Singapore before the two casinos open:  Continue Reading »

Here is a great video on the Singapore Flyer.

Here is a great article on Singapore tourism.  There really is a ton of things to do here and everything is relatively close to each other.  The casinos should really garner alot of new attention.

A good meal can do wonders for jet lag, so when I arrived in Singapore after my 18-hour flight, I decided to forgo sleep and, instead, do as the locals do when hunger strikes: visit one of Singapore’s many “hawker centers” for a sampling of the diverse cuisine. These open-air food courts offer an array of inexpensive dishes that showcase the Chinese, Indian, and Malay influences that make up Singapore’s population.  Continue Reading »

Singapore’s Transport Minister Raymond Lim said on Friday that Changi Airport will meet a target of handling 50 million passengers a year in next five years.

This target is in line with the expected tourist boom in the state with upcoming mega-events and attractions like the two casino resorts, the F1 race and the Inaugural Youth Olympics, said the minister at an annual airport reception.

Changi Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, handled 36.7 million passengers last year, a 4.8 percent growth over 2006.  Continue Reading »

Here is an interesting report detailing the outlook for the Singapore tourism industry, but its not free.  Here is their summary:

The author estimates that Singapore will experience approximately 7.7% year over year growth in international visitor arrivals to an approximate figure of 10.5 million visitors in calendar year 2007. Singapore experienced international visitor arrivals of approximately 9.7 million in calendar year 2006 according to the Singapore Tourism Board.

The Singapore tourism board reported that the tiny city state  received 811,000 visitors in February, up 7.0 percent over the same month last year, the tourism board said Tuesday.

Visitors from Indonesia, China, Australia, the United Kingdom and Malaysia accounted for 49 percent of the arrivals for the month, the Singapore Tourism Board said.

Indonesia was the biggest source of visitors with 125,000 travellers arriving last month, followed by China with 121,000, Australia with 52,000, the UK with 51,000 and Malaysia with 50,000. Continue Reading »

Here is a nice article if you’re thinking about travelling to Singapore for the first time.  It talks about anything a potential tourist would be interested in.  Here is a snippet about some of the new luxury hotels in Singapore:

Complete your Singapore luxury experience with an equally fabulous place to sleep. Style junkies looking for a hotel with impeccable taste and ultra modern amenities will like the award winning Millenia Ritz Carlton or the Conrad.  Continue Reading »

Singapore’s international cruise infrastructure will double in capacity by the year 2010 when the new International Cruise Terminal at Marina South becomes operational. The two berths at the new facility will be able to accommodate the largest ships both currently in service as well as on the order books with a capacity of 5,400 (the Genesis-class ships), complementing the current two berths at the Singapore Cruise Centre at HarbourFront.  Continue Reading »

Fully-integrated luxury resort, Marina Bay Sands, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands - among the big developers of premium integrated resorts in Asia with a niche in the MICE segment - is all set to throw open the doors to its waterfront property in Singapore in late 2009. Once complete, the resort sprawled over 98,000 square metres will be one of the largest MICE destinations in Southeast Asia and is expected to attract at least 6,00,000 MICE visitors in its first year of operation.

Speaking to Express TravelWorld, Paul Stocker, director (sales) of Marina Bay Sands, revealed that the company was exploring the possibility of setting up a regional office in India in conjunction with Singapore Tourism Board to Continue Reading »