Case Study of Singapore

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IntroductionSingapore officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian country. An island country made up of 63 islands. The country is highly urbanized.

Population (2012 est.): 5,353,494 (growth rate: 1.993

Capital and largest city (2011est): Singapore, 5,183,700.

Monetary unit: Singapore dollar1Singapore Dollar=48.94 INR1Singapore Dollar=0.79 USD

Languages: Mandarin ,English, Malay, Cantonese , Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%

Religions Buddhist 43%, Islam 15%, Taoist 9%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 5%, other Christian 10%, none 15%

Literacy rate: 93% 

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore.

Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion".

The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore's original name — Singapura — meaning "lion city" or "kota singa".

The symbol was designed by Alec Fraser-Brunner  for the logo of the Singapore Tourism Board(STB) .

Merlion

 Universal Studios Singapore is located in the Resort World Sentosa, which includes the Integrated Resort has just opened officially in April of 2010.

Universal Studios Singapore is divided into 7 zones, Madagascar, the Palace of Far Away from the world of Shrek was the first in the world, The Lost World where you can find a world of dinosaurs and Water world, Ancient Egypt - a world full of ancient Egyptian mummies, Sci-fi - a futuristic city and the last two zones of the theme of a famous city in America that is Hollywood and New York.

Universal Studios Singapore has over 30 restaurants and food carts, together with 20 unique retail stores and carts located around the park.

Universal Studio

Singapore Zoo It is supplemented by thousands of

rare animals make kids would love to see the uniqueness of each animal that they had never seen their lifetime.

Singapore Zoo also provides a vehicle for children's play Rainforest Kidzworld.

This zoo has a different concept from other zoos. With open cages, all animals can live like in their natural habitat.

As a place of public entertainment, this zoo is also a vehicle for educating the visitors about the ecosystem and culture of tropical rain forests.

Synphony/Swan Lake

Singapore Botanic Gardens

This garden is located in the middle of town.

 Singapore Botanic Gardens has a fairly complete collection of plants. Plants are almost gone or going extinct here.

This garden has an area of approximately 64 acres, in this top tourist attractions one can enjoy the scenery and lush green trees.

There is also a swan lake (Swan Lake), located not far from the entrance.

The scenery was hard to find in the city of Singapore. The National Orchid Garden is the main attraction within the Botanic Gardens.

Located on the mid-western side of the Garden, the hilly three-hectare site has a collection of more than 1,000 species and 2,000 hybrids of orchids.

  Boat  Quay  and  Clarke  Quay  are  filled  with  restaurants,  pubs  and clubs,  so  the  atmosphere  here  was  crowded  and  mixed  up,  loud music to light jazz mixed into one.

 This place was visited by the builders clubbing, young executives who just got home from work and also many foreign tourists.

 Boat Quay and Clarke Quay

 Taste it ride or drive a Boeing 737-800NG aircraft the world's most popular and most successful aircraft - one can feel the flight with an experienced instructor who will help you through all aspects of aviation.

Flight Experience is similar to the flight simulators that airlines use to train their commercial pilots, and its 100% authentic replica cockpit delivers a total immersion virtual reality environment.

The 180° wraparound visuals, high-fidelity sound and cooling systems, along with a slight seat vibration, all combine to fool your senses into believing you are actually captaining a jet airliner.

Flight Experience/ Flight Simulator

This is the world's largest Ferris current, high reached 165 meters(bigger than London Eye)

Offers a breathtaking 360° panoramic view of Singapore. The Flyer affords great views of the Marina Bay Street Circuit of

the Singapore Grand Prix The Singapore Flyer is a giant Ferris wheel in Singapore that was

constructed between 2005 and 2008. It was officially opened to the public on 1 March 2008. Each of the 28 air-conditioned capsules is capable of holding 28

passengers, and a complete rotation of the wheel takes about 30 minutes

Singapore Flyer Capsule

  For young scientists and future science and technology experts, the Singapore Science Centre has been recognized that this world will surely stimulate your brain with over 850 interactive rides that describe the wonders and beauty of science.

Singapore Science Centre

  Little India is an ethnic neighborhood found in Singapore that has Tamil cultural elements and aspects of other cultures

Little India is more commonly known as Tekka in the local Tamil community.

LITTLE INDIA SINGAPORE

Marina Bay Sands is one of the two Integrated Resort in Singapore's new in the open in 2010.

Marina Bay Sands is located in the Marina Bay area, joined with Singapore icons that had already stood up like a statue of the Merlion, and Singapore Flyer. 

This region has casino, sand sky park, hotel, restaurant, cafe there is also a Food Court that provides local .

In addition, the Marina Bay resort is a paradise for the shopaholic.

MARINA BAY SANDS