Essential information and facts about Singapore:
Capital
Total Area Population Median age Religion
Ethnic Groups Languages
Currency
Singapore
719sq.km 5.8 million 35.6 years
Buddhist (33%), Christian (18%), Muslim, other
Chinese (74%), Malay (13%), Indian, other
English and Mandarin (official) Singapore dollars (S$)
Government type Parliamentary Republic Chief of State President Halimah Yacob (since 2017)
Head of Government Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (since 2004)
Elections President elected by majority vote for fixed six-year term (no term limits). Next election due 2023. Following elections leader of majority party/coalition is appointed Prime Minister.
Unemployment 2.9% (March 2021) Tourism 19.1 million (2019)
Singapore Pools is the sole and exclusive state operator that offers lotteries and betting on horse racing and sports. Although its operations are terrestrial and online, remote gambling is the preferred platform of only sports betting punters, which are a small group relative to people who buy lotteries.
Te country recently imposed stricter measures due to rising Covid figures which were due to run from mid-July to mid-August. Tere are around 63,500 Covid cases and 36 deaths reported since the start of 2020 (to July 2021), whilst around one third of the population have received at least one vaccine dose.
Tis is having a huge effect on the country’s important tourism sector. Tourism is vital to Singapore’s economy and its location and excellent air transport facilities have encouraged huge investment in the hotel and retail sectors over the years.
Changi International Airport caters for around P56 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS
85 airlines undertaking 350 routes to 45 countries and handles more than 32,000 flights monthly whilst more than 200 shipping lines go through the seaport providing access to some 600 ports in more than 120 countries. Tere are around 130,000 ships passing through annually and there are around 1,000 ships docked in Singapore port at any one time.
In 2019 the number of passengers travelling through the airport reached around 68.3 million dropping to 11.8 million in 2020. In 2021 (to June) around 950,000 passengers passed through the airport.
In 2019, there were around 19.1 million tourists
who visited Singapore. By 2020, the number of international visitor arrivals had declined by almost 86 per cent to 2.7 million whilst tourism receipts reached S$4.8bn – an 82 per cent decline compared to 2019.
Te biggest number of visitors are from Indonesia, China, Australia, India and Malaysia. Tourism sees around S$27bn annually of which S$5.8bn is made up of sightseeing, entertainment and gaming.
Te decline in international travel has dropped by around 70 per cent and a return to 2019 levels could take between two and four years according to the UNWTO.
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