• IP addresses are NOT logged in this forum so there's no point asking. Please note that this forum is full of homophobes, racists, lunatics, schizophrenics & absolute nut jobs with a smattering of geniuses, Chinese chauvinists, Moderate Muslims and last but not least a couple of "know-it-alls" constantly sprouting their dubious wisdom. If you believe that content generated by unsavory characters might cause you offense PLEASE LEAVE NOW! Sammyboy Admin and Staff are not responsible for your hurt feelings should you choose to read any of the content here.

    The OTHER forum is HERE so please stop asking.

S'pore's tourism industry in good hands

SneeringTree

Alfrescian
Loyal
With his years of experience in SAF, I am sure BG(NS) Lim Neo Chian remains the best person to head our all important Tourism Board.

July 11, 2008
S'pore tourism chief 'very concerned' about visitor arrivals
Singapore may have fewer visitors than expected as inflation and a weaker global economic outlook curb travel plans. -- ST PHOTO: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN

SINGAPORE is 'very concerned' that the growth in visitor arrivals is slowing and is keeping a close watch on how it may affect the government's target for travellers to the island-state this year, said Singapore Tourism Board (STB) chief Lim Neo Chian.

Growth in visitor arrivals eased to 0.8 per cent in April and May, the slowest expansion in a year, according to STB data.

Visitors from Indonesia, Singapore's biggest visitor-generating nation, fell 12 per cent in May, the steepest decline among the city's largest markets.

'The growth rate has eased a little bit,' Mr Lim, the tourism board's deputy chairman, said in an interview with Bloomberg on Friday.

'The overall general environment is obviously very challenging in many of our key markets. We're very concerned and monitoring very carefully.'

The Bloomberg report said Singapore may have fewer visitors than expected as inflation and a weaker global economic outlook curb travel plans.

This may put at risk the city-state's target for tourist arrivals to increase 5 per cent to 10.8 million this year.

The city also expects the number of visitors to rise to 17 million by 2015 with new attractions including two casino-resorts.

'It's a little bit too rushed and too quick to change our target,' Mr Lim said. 'It depends how big a drop' the Singapore tourism industry will face.

Asian policy makers are predicting expansion this year will be at the lower end of their targets or are cutting growth forecasts as they increase estimates for inflation.

Singapore's economy expanded at the slowest pace in five years in the second quarter as a 26-year high inflation constrained spending.
 

E93M3

New Member
Government is pushing tourism this year as hard as they can. They expect to see a better picture in the next few months with the F1 Grand Prix.
 

satan666

Alfrescian
Loyal
tts cool... i did not know about the F1 thing, is it singapore going to build tracks for it, or its F1 gonna be hosted in SG? sorry ah, i seldom read news.. lol:p
 

aakumu

Alfrescian
Loyal
Hi bro,
As long as Indonesia has Chinese people, Singapore will not be short of tourist from that big country.

My humble two cents.
 

SIFU

Alfrescian
Loyal
tts cool... i did not know about the F1 thing, is it singapore going to build tracks for it, or its F1 gonna be hosted in SG? sorry ah, i seldom read news.. lol:p

bro satan666,

have u been staying in hell all this while??:confused::biggrin:
 

splintuh

Alfrescian
Loyal
Fyi, Lim Neo Chian will be replaced by one of the Asst Managing Directors from EDB. iirc it's effective next year.
 
Top