シンガポールにおける人口構成と観光特性
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Singapore has a small population-2.8 million, as well as a tiny territory and poor natural resources. Moreover it achieved independence in 1965, so its history as an independent nation is only 30 years. In spite of these handicaps Singapore has achieved a high economic performaance, and today thanks to it, Singapore has become a leading member of the NIES.On the other hand Singapore is well known as an attractive destination which draws the second largest number of tourists in Asia. The main purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of tourism in Singapore, from the view point of human movements. In this respect, this paper especially focuses on languages and ethnic groups.Since Singapore is located at a refueling point from Britain to Australia and vice versa, there has been a large number of tourists from these countries. Above all the ratio of stop-over and transit passengers from these countries is higher than any other countries. This is mainly due to the influence of the British Commonwealth and the location as a node, which is the first characteristic of tourism in Singapore.Second the ratio of business trips to Singapore from North America is higher than any other countries. And Singapore is the top Asian city in terms of the frequency of conventions. This is basically due to the language envieonment English is the common language both as business and conventions Singapole has as well the most developed infrastructure in South-East Asia.Third the major ethnic group in Singapore is Chinese, who exceed 70% of the total population. Above all Fujian Chinese are in the majority. In Malaysia and Indonesia they are also the major Chinese group. And their visits to Singapore indicate high ratio compared with that of other countries. Visits from Taiwan and Hong Kong show high ratio too. In addition, nowadays visits of Chinese from China (mainland) are increasing rapidly owing to its open policy. This is a recent conspicuous phenomenon. Thus inbound statistics show that the major ethnic tourist group consists of Chinese.As long as the open policy continues in China and an active economy continues in Asia, Singapore will attract those Chinese groups for the reason that there is a tight bond among members of the Chicnese community.These findings lead to the conclusion that in the background of successful tourism in Singapore there are historical and ethnological factors based on language.
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