Feb.10 — Singapore could see a 25% to 30% decline in tourist arrivals and receipts this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, its tourism chief Keith Tan says. During an exclusive interview with Bloomberg’s Haslinda Amin, Singapore Tourism Board CEO says the industry is bracing for an impact that could be worse than the Sars pandemic in 2003.
In This Story: Singapore
The country’s territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 25% since the country’s independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the second greatest population density in the world. The country has almost 5.7 million residents, 61% (3.4 million) of whom are Singaporean citizens. There are four official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil; with English being the lingua franca.