Tourism Resources(旅游资源)

Tourism Resources( 旅游资源)

Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy,attracting 15095152 international tourists in 2014,over twice of Singapore's total population.It is also environmentally friendly,and maintains natural and heritage conservation programs.Along with this,it also has one of the world's lowest crime rates.As English is the dominant one of its four official languages,it is generally easier for tourists to understand when speaking to the local population of the country,for example,when shopping.

The Orchard Road district,which is dominated by multi-storey shopping centres and hotels,can be considered the center of tourism in Singapore.Other popular tourist attractions include the Singapore Zoo,River Safari and Night Safari,which allows people to explore Asian,African and American habitats at night without any visible barriers between guests and the wild animals.The Singapore Zoo has embraced the“open zoo”concept whereby animals are kept in enclosures,separated from visitors by hidden dry or wet moats,instead of caging the animals,while the River Safari,features 10 different ecosystems around the world,including the River Nile,Yangtze River,Mississippi,Amazon as wel las the Tundraand has 300 species of animals,including numerous endangered species.

Jurong Bird Park is another zoological garden centred on birds,which is dedicated towards exposing the public to as much species and varieties of birds from around the world as possible,including a flock of one thousand flamingos.The tourist island of Sentosa,which attracts 19 million visitors in 2011,is located in the south of Singapore,consists of about 20-30 landmarks,such as Fort Siloso,which was built as a fortress to defend against the Japanese during World War Ⅱ.Among the latest tourists attractions built in Singapore includes the two integrated resorts which houses casinos,namely Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa,a Universa lStudios theme park and Gardens by the Bay.

旅游业是新加坡经济的主要产业和贡献者。新加坡还是世界上犯罪率最低的国家之一。

乌节路地区以购物中心和酒店为主,是新加坡的旅游中心。其他受欢迎的旅游景点包括新加坡动物园、河川生态园和夜间野生动物园。

新加坡裕廊飞禽公园是一个以鸟类为中心的动物园,它致力于向公众展示尽可能多的来自世界各地的鸟类和物种。圣淘沙岛位于新加坡南部,由20—30个标志性建筑组成。新加坡最新建成的旅游景点包括两个设有赌场的综合度假村,即滨海湾金沙和圣淘沙名胜世界。