Hi dear! This would my last entry, i will be sharing with you on the impacts of Ports of Lost Wonder on Singapore. Hope you will enjoy reading this post!:)
The impacts that POLW as an attraction has impacted on
Singapore would be based on the following impacts -economic, environmental and
social cultural impact.
Firstly, POLW has impacted Singapore economically positively
through the income and job creation factors. When more tourists visit
Singapore, Singapore would earn more income revenue. This would then result in
the increase in tourism dollars under the foreign exchange. Secondly, tax will
also be paid by employees and employers and gross domestic product(GST) will be paid on goods and
services purchased. The income is also earned thirdly from the visitor
expenditure where there will be a multiplier impact within the local and
regional economies. The next factor that would impact Singapore economic in a
positive way would be there would be more employment opportunities, as there
will be an increase in job creation due to the open of the new attraction-
PLOW.
In contrast, PLOW has also jolt Singapore economic impact in
a negative way. This is because of the seasonal nature of the demand for attractions
are also meant that there will only be seasonal jobs offered. Secondly, the
attractions are part of the service sector, which meant that these jobs are
often poorly paid jobs. The cost of the maintaining the attraction can be high
and the impact will be compounded by the poor funding available to attractions.
Lastly, there will also be an opportunity cost of using government funds to
support attractions.
Secondly, POLW has also impacted Singapore environmentally
in a negative way because the impact on man-made attractions, which currently
POLW is one of them, will cause pollution and erosion due to construction and
building of the attraction going on. Not only that, POLW will also be a
negative environmental impact on Singapore because there might be a lot of
rubbish that is thrown by the consumers. Wear and tear is also another factor
that is caused by touching as human sweat can cause corrosion on some
materials. This would then become
critical to manage visitor traffic and behaviour in order to minimise all the
negative impacts. Additionally, the negative impact that POLW will affect the
environment would be that, by building all these attraction, the natural
environment would also be destroyed and disrupted during the construction.
Lastly, PLOW has impacted Singapore on the social cultural
impact. Those attractions that have a purpose to be build for tourism will have
both negative and positive impacts on the environment. The negative impact
would be on the local community and local culture. For example like casino and
gambling. Further on, there would be a difference in the perception that the
attraction does will not reflect the needs and the desires of the local
community. The positive impact on the social cultural impact would be there would
be accessibility of the attraction to the locals. There will also be an impact
on the real and perceived benefits of the attraction in terms of what locals
can enjoy and what benefits can be derived from the locals.
Haha, so i have come to the end of today's entry! Till then !
Do take care of yourself alright? :) I hope you will come over soon:)
References used for all this post.
Port of Lost Wonders
. (0001, June 14). . Retrieved , from http://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attraction_Review-g294264-d3530841-Reviews-Port_Of_Lost_Wonder-Sentosa_Island.html
Port of Lost
Wonders . (2011, January 1). . Retrieved , from http://www.sentosa.com.sg/en/attractions/beaches/port-of-lost-wonder/
Port of Lost
Wonders . (2013, January 1). . Retrieved , from http://www.polw.com.sg/
Lecture Notes chapter
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POLW slides
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