Selling Singapore, forging a nation : tourism and nation-building in Singapore 1959-1980

• Main Author: Goh, Gavin Xuan Hui
• Other Authors: Koh Keng We
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Economic development::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76640
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tourism has long been seen as an integral component in Singapore’s economy. As such, Singapore’s tourism strategies are usually interpreted from an economic perspective, in terms of increasing visitor numbers and contributing to a country’s GDP, and stimulating different segments of the economy. How...