SINGAPORE - Singapore's popular holiday
island drew a record of 19 million people visited Sentosa last year, up 7.3 per
cent from 2010.
The growth can be attributed to the opening of
a number of new attractions on the island, said The Straits Times.
Singapore's first skydiving wind tunnel iFly
and a couple of hotels are new to the island.
Sentosa Development Corporation’s chief
executive Mike Barclay said yesterday: “We are happy to see visitor numbers
grow again, despite the unusually wet weather we experienced in the last
quarter of the year."
The increase, however, numberspaled in
comparison to the growth in 2010 when visitorship numbers more than doubled
from 6.2 million in the previous year to 17.7 million due to the opening of
Resorts World Sentosa and Universal Studios Singapore.
Singaporeans made up half of last year's
visitors, not including those who went to the integrated resort. Malaysians,
Australians and Indians were the largest group of foreign visitors.
Mr Barclay said he hopes to break the 20
million mark this year.
The island will celebrate its 40th anniversary
this year and Sentosa will be planning special promotions which guests can look
out for.
He also revealed that there are plans for a
laser combat attraction at Fort Siloso, along with other hotel openings.
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