Singapore (News Today) - Singapore’s international airport said its passenger numbers have surged this year to a record high as a recovering global economy and two new casino resorts encouraged tourists to visit the city-state. Annual passengers surpassed 40 million on Wednesday for the first time, Changi airport said in a statement.
Traffic in the first 11 months of the year was up 14 percent from the same period last year, the airport said. Indonesia was Changi’s biggest source of passengers followed by Australia, Malaysia, China and Thailand, the airport said.
Singapore opened two casino resorts in the first half of the year — the $5.7 billion Marina Bay Sands and the $5.1 billion Resorts World Sentosa — as the island nation tries to become one of Asia’s top gambling and tourist destinations.
Both resorts plan to open new attractions next year, which analysts expect will attract even more visitors. DBS Bank said Singapore would continue to attract strong tourist arrivals.
“The growth rate is sustainable into 2011 as the global economic recovery becomes broad-based and combines with the gradual opening of the resorts,” it said in a report.
Analysts expect Asia’s economy to outperform the U.S. and Europe again next year. Morgan Stanley forecasts 8.9 percent growth in Asia this year and 7.9 percent next year. Singapore’s economy will likely grow 15.2 percent this year and 4.7 percent in 2011, Credit Suisse said in a report.
Changi was the world’s seventh busiest airport during the first eight months of this year according to the Geneva, Switzerland-based Airports Council International. London’s Heathrow airport was the world’s busiest with 40 million passengers in the January-August period, followed by Paris and Hong Kong.
Changi serves 98 airlines operating about 5,200 weekly scheduled flights to and from more than 200 cities in 60 countries and territories.
Source : kompas
Saturday, December 18, 2010
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