Ass Hole: WE MUST SPEND EVEN MORE TAXPAYER MONEY TO GROW THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

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PM LEE: WE MUST SPEND EVEN MORE TAXPAYER MONEY TO GROW THE TOURISM INDUSTRY

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1 Nov 2014 - 8:38am








Speaking to tourism industry leaders on Friday evening at the Tourism50gala dinner, PM Lee Hsien Loong said that Singapore needs to continue spending money on upgrading attractions in order to grow the tourism industry over the next 50 years.

He said that Singapore was facing increased competition from other tourism destinations and would also be facing labour shortages so we would need to find new ways to attract visitors.

The gala dinner was organised by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to celebrate 50 years of tourism.

PM Lee highlighted that Singapore now has many world-class attractions and is much nicer than in 1964 for visitors.

"To keep Singapore special and to keep the tourists coming, we must grow the tourism industry by raising the quality of the experience and the value of every tourist, rather than solely by increasing the visitor numbers," he said.

He mentioned that Singapore will continue to spend money on bringing big ticket events to Singapore such as the recent WTA Finals and the yearly F1 races.







He also explained how the government has plans to redevelop existing tourist attractions such as the redevelopment of Mandai to move the bird park from Jurong and more developments are going to be made on Marina Bay and Gardens by the Bay.
When the Gardens by the Bay was first built, many Singaporeans were angry about it because of the huge price tag that it carried, at taxpayers’ expense.

In total, Gardens by the Bay cost $1.1 billion to build and it continues to cost $53 million a year to maintain. (See: $53 MILLION TO MAINTAIN GARDENS BY THE BAY EVERY YEAR?)

There was never any public consultation on the decision to spend so much taxpayer money and it seems that the government is happy to continue making plans and spending large amounts of taxpayer money to make Singapore look good on the outside for tourists.
Meanwhile, the government continues to spend very little on helping local Singaporeans.


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