Travelers from businessmen, sailing and live events

Undoubtedly hotels and palm trees have long been attracted to Southeast Asia, but Singapore has a different strategy – focusing on increasing tourism receipts instead of travelers’ arrival.

On Friday, officials clarified a plan to increase tourism revenues in the city state from $ 29.8 million in 2024 to 47 million dollars and $ 50 million in the next 15 years.

Grace Fu, Minister of Sustainability and Environment in Singapore, said at the country’s 2025 tourism industry conference that the “Tourism 2040” strategy in Singapore focuses on the increasing demand of two distinguished groups – commercial travelers and stopping, Grace Fu, Minister of Sustainability and Environment in Singapore, at the country’s tourism industry conference 2025.

Officials aim to three times the revenues of tourism from the so -called “mice” passengers, or those who travel to attend meetings, incentives, agreements and exhibitions.

She said: “On average, a mice visitor spends twice as much as a entertainment visitor, which makes him exceptionally valuable for Singapore.” “The global mice sector (IS) is expected to double in the next decade.”

Fu said the country is also looking to develop a new mice center in the downtown of Singapore.

Melissa Ou, CEO of Singapore Tourism in this event, said the benefits of mice industry exceeding tourism receipts.

She said, “They will deepen our relationship with priority industries, and we can develop our economic weight by holding influential actors and ideas leaders in Singapore, and thus inflated our situation as the best city of mice in the world.”

OW announced that Singapore has obtained its largest event in mice so far, which is Herbalife Voctavaganza 2026, which she said is expected to attract 25,000 visitors.

Stopover travelers are also expected to achieve more tourism revenues, especially after the opening of the Changi 5 Airport Station, which is scheduled in the middle of the twentieth century.

She said that to attract them, Singapore will continue to focus on providing “global -level attractions”, a strategy that the country used To compete with clouds, tourism is cheaper In the area.

New attractions in business, including Singapore Osharium It is scheduled to open later this year, followed by the Porsche Experiment Center and a new science center in 2027.

She said that Singapore also aims to strengthen its position in the growing sailing industry in Asia.

She noted the launch of “Disney Adventure” from Disney Cruise Line-who will start working in Singapore in December-and enter Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collections’ Luminara, a luxury vehicle to start sailing from Singapore in December.

Besides the sailor, the island is also in a good position to capture a height of wellness tourism, he said, noting “the suggestion of the unique value as a city in nature.”

She said that the Singapore Tourism Council determined Longevity And “Afia Hotels” as ways to pay visitors spend and repeat visits.