Singapore today is one of the well-heeled travellers’ favourite destinations for business and leisure. Despite naysayers who decry the Lion City as a soulless and boring place, most residents and visitors know Singapore for what it rea...
Singapore today is one of the well-heeled travellers’ favourite destinations for business and leisure. Despite naysayers who decry the Lion City as a soulless and boring place, most residents and visitors know Singapore for what it really is - the most cosmopolitan city in Southeast Asia. As the Singapore Tourism Board declared with its "Uniquely Singapore" campaign, Singapore stands out in so many ways from other countries in its region. It is a city of remarkable contrasts that is able to balance the modern and traditional without one encroaching on the other. Here, one can stroll down one of the world’s most celebrated and chic shopping streets to check out favourite European brands in boutiques housed in temples of glass and steel; and just as quickly step out to the city’s conservation areas and explore century-old Buddhist and Hindu temples.
Singapore is known to the world as an economic miracle. It is a country with no natural resources that gained independence only in the 1960s. Today, it is a prosperous, modern city. It is the favoured location of international companies that have a regional base in Asia.
