Manaʻo ʻo Singapore iā ia iho he wahi mākaʻikaʻi mua no ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o nā mea hoʻokipa i loaʻa i nā malihini. I nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomau hou ka mākaʻikaʻi Singapore iā ia iho, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea hou e like me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Esplanade, nā hale hōʻikeʻike hou e like me ka Asian Civilization Museum a i ʻole ka National Gallery e hiki mai ana, ka FORMULA 1™ SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, Singapore Air Show, ka Singapore Flyer, ka hoʻololi ʻana o Chinatown me ka lehulehu o nā hale kūʻai meaʻai i ka pō a i ʻole ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana o ke alanui Orchard me nā hiʻohiʻona hou a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai.
I ka makahiki 2010 a me 2011, ʻo ka wehe ʻana o Singapore i ʻelua mau hōkele hui pū me nā casinos - Resort Worlds ma Sentosa me Asia Hikina Hema ʻo Universal Studios a me Sands Marina Bay - pono e hoʻoikaika hou i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o Singapore no nā huakaʻi hele honua.
Wahi a kahi hoʻolālā no ka mākaʻikaʻi, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) i manaʻo ʻia ma 2005 he 17 miliona mau huakaʻi huakaʻi honua ma 2015 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 8.9 miliona ma 2005 a me 10.1 miliona ma 2008. I ka manawa naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā STB ke wānana i ke kālā kālā o ka honua. ʻo ka pilikia paha e hoʻopau ʻia ʻekolu makahiki o ka ulu ʻana. ʻO nā manaʻo manaʻo hou mai ka STB e ʻike i ka 9 a 9.5 miliona mau malihini kipa honua ma 2009.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻike nō hoʻi ʻo ia nā ʻāpana o kāna hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā haole mai kona hui ʻana me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina. "Makemake mākou e hana pū me nā ʻāina e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻike ʻokoʻa i nā mea e hele ai nā huakaʻi ma Singapore. No nā makahiki he nui, ua hui pū mākou me nā wahi e like me Bali a i ʻole Bintan ma Indonesia a me Australia hoʻi, "wahi a Chew Tiong Heng, ka luna hoʻokele hoʻokele kūʻai huakaʻi STB.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Singapore e hoʻolaha iā ia iho me Kina. "Maikaʻi ka hana ʻana no kekahi mau mākeke ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka i Mainland China, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā huakaʻi ʻoihana, nā mea hoʻolālā MICE a i ʻole ma ke kahua hoʻonaʻauao ʻoiai hiki iā mākou ke lilo i mea hoʻolauna maikaʻi i ka honua Kina," wahi a Chew.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hoʻoilina moʻomeheu maʻamau me nā hoalauna hiki ke maʻalahi. Ke hakakā mau nei ʻo Malaysia a me Indonesia kekahi i kekahi no nā ʻōlelo a nā kiʻi moʻomeheu e like me ka batik a i ʻole nā hula kuʻuna. Me Malaysia, ua ʻike ʻo Singapore he nui nā mea maʻamau a no laila ʻoi aku ka makaʻala i kona hele ʻana. "ʻO Malaysia ko mākou hoalauna pili loa i ko mākou kaʻana like ʻana i ka mōʻaukala a me nā aʻa. Akā ke nānā nei mākou e hoʻolaha pū no Mainland China ma nā huakaʻi hui. Me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kā mākou kahua moku holo moana hou, manaʻo mākou he mea kūpono ka huakaʻi hui ʻia ʻo Malaysia-Singapore no nā hana holo moku pōkole," wahi a Chew.
ʻO Malaka ma ka ʻaoʻao Malaysian he mea hoʻokō maikaʻi loa ia no Singapore e like me ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻo Legoland Park Malaysia ma Johor Bahru. "Pono mākou e ʻimi i nā ala hou aʻe e hoʻolaha pū ai i ka hoʻoilina maʻamau o ASEAN. No ka laʻana, loaʻa iā mākou kēia hoʻoilina Peranakan kūikawā [Sino-Malay hoʻoilina mai ka ʻāina] i loaʻa wale ma Singapore, Malacca, Penang a me Perak. Hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā kaapuni hoihoi no ka poʻe huakaʻi moʻomeheu," wahi a Chew.
ʻO ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka mākaʻikaʻi olakino e hoʻoikaika i ka launa pū ʻana me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina. "He ʻīpuka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Singapore no Asia. No ke aha e hele ʻole mai ai iā mākou no nā kumu olakino a hoʻonaʻauao a laila hoʻomaha no kekahi mau lā ma Phuket, Bali a i ʻole Langkawi, "i manaʻo ai ʻo Chew.
