LEISURE TOURISM
Leisure tourism signifies travel for the purpose of relaxation, vacation, or to visit friends/family.
Leisure Tourism Places
Museums: Art & Science Muesums; Peranakan Muesums; National Art Museums
Casinos: Marina Bay Sands; Resort World Sentosa
Leisure Parks: Wild Wild West; Universal Studios
Night life: Clubs such as Avalon; Clark Quay
Shopping: Ion Orchard; Marina Bay Sands; Audi Fashion Week
Employment Increases
Employment increases : With the addition and upgrading of tourist attraction, there is a creation of jobs for the purpose of manning the facilities.
This causes the employment increases, leading to higher incomes, better standards of living and a higher output.
It is said that tourism is expected to produce 95,000 jobs directly in the year 2012 - 3.1% of total employment. By the year 2021 tourism will generate 143,000 jobs directly which amounts to a growth of 48,000 (50.8%) over the span of next ten years.
Facts
1. 36 % of the visitors come to Singapore for leisure purposes.
2. Marina Bay Sands, Sentosa and Orchard Road are the most visited attractions.
Revenue Increases.
Revenue for the government increases: The government receives receipts from leisure tourism: fees to enter tourist attractions; cost of hotel staying; goods bought by tourists.
The receipts received in 2010 was 12.8 billion singapore dollars, shopping being the highest expenditure item, gaining 3281 million singapore dollars. 61% of the visitors coming to Singapore for leisure stay in hotels.
IIFA AwardsEvent Specific Tourism
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2011: Tourism Receipts were augmented by an astonishing $5 billion.
2012: Arrivals in December were the second-highest recorded for any single month at 1.2 million. Tourism receipts for the fourth quarter were up 9 per cent on-year at about S$5.6 billion.
-Today Online
Beveridge curve
The Beveridge curve is a co-relation between job vacancy rate and the unemployment rate of an economy. The 45 degree line represents the stage at which the job vacancy rate is equal to unemployment rate.
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