Singapore being promoted as wedding destination

CHENNAI:

Singapore

Tourism is looking at attracting visitors by promoting Singapore as a

destination

for

weddings

and overseas

excursion

.

G B Srithar, regional director, India, Middle East and South Asia, Singapore Tourism Board, said, "We will focus on these two elements to encourage more visitors. We used to promote excursions years ago."

Singapore Tourism Board conducted a roadshow in the city where officials interacted with more than 100 travel and tour operators.

India is the number three source destination for Singapore after China and Indonesia. Till October 2019, 1.19 million tourists from India had visited Singapore.

Cruise tours are a great hit among Indians as the maximum number of people who have taken cruise tours from Singapore are from India. Similarly, Indians top the number of tourists who visit Sentosa island.

India is number one source market for cruise tours, and 1.6 lakh people travelled on cruises from Singapore in 2018.


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