Right from the time Changi Airport welcomes you to the leading South Asian global-city-state of Singapore, you know you’re in an enchanting place where all you need to do is to sit back and watch the city entice you.
Fascinating facts about the city:
To start with, the city is 5 things at the same time: An island (consisting of 63 islands), a port, a city, a state and a nation too.
You’d be surprised to know that there are no traffic policemen, no beggars, no vendors, no posters and no garbage (owing to the under walkway drainage) in the Republic of Singapore (as Singapore is officially called).
You’d notice that most Singaporean residents travel by foot, on bicycles, in buses, taxis or trains (MRT or LRT).
There is hardly any pollution in the Lion city (as Singapore is sometimes referred to as) because of the use of premium petrol and because all the cooking smoke goes down the road and not up in the sky.
To control the use of personal transport (to avoid congestion and pollution) the car buyers have to pay for duties one-and-a-half times the vehicle's market value and have to bid for a Singaporean Certificate of Entitlement (COE), which allows the car to run on the road for a decade.
Singapore has one of the lowest rates of drug use in the world and ranks 9th globally, on the Human Development Index, including education (mostly supported by the state), healthcare, life expectancy, quality of life, personal safety, housing.
A huge part of the economy is derived from tourists, manufacturing businesses and banking.
Tourist attractions:
The Red Dot (as Singapore is sometimes called) is a multi-culturally active city where mainly English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese, and Tamil are spoken.
The diversity of food is one of the reasons to visit the country. The variety of food represents different ethnicities and is seen by the government as a symbol of its multiculturalism.
Soka Gakkai International, a Japanese Buddhist organization, is also a major tourist attraction for Buddhism followers as Buddhism is the most widely practiced religion in Singapore followed by Christianity, Islam, Taoism, and Hinduism.
This multi-cultural and beautifully planned city has some of the most amazing locations of the world like Sentosa (which hosts 3 great light shows), Sentosa island, Universal Studios, Singapore Zoo, Singapore Flyer, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore Botanic Gardens (probably the reason why Singapore is also known as the Garden City), Underwater World, Peranakan Museum, Sri Mariamman Temple, Tiger Sky Tower, Telok Ayer Market, Kusu Island, Armenian Church, NTUC Downtown East, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Former Saint Joseph’s Institution, Kampung Days and the very popular Merlion.
Apparently, Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate with no distinctive seasons. You’d experience uniform temperature and pressure, high humidity, and abundant rainfall when you visit this place. This uniformity of temperature makes it a suitable destination for travel at almost any month of the year.
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