Singapore Biennale 2006 was a great success. With 95 artists and art collectives showing 195 artworks at 19 venues, the number of visitors totaled to about 883,000. This year, word got around the globe and I believe that are more than 883,000 visitors. I was talking to Mr Tripp (my tour guide) and he said some of his friends traveled all the way here just to attend the Biennale. They say that though
Moreover, a friend of mine went to the Biennale on a weekday, and then accompanied me on a weekend. She said that the crowd on a weekday is no different from the crowd on a weekend. Thus, we both concluded that Biennale is not greatly affected by peak and non-peak periods. In the case of Singaporeans attending, perhaps weekends have more local crowds. But in the case of tourists, they travel here especially for the event, and I believe they took time off their busy schedule thus making up for the weekday crowds. This clearly shows that Singapore Biennale is huge enough an event to play an important tourism role for
At the same time, we all know that tourists will definitely spend money when they stay in
Therefore, in the big picture, Singapore Biennale 2008 indeed carries a big economic value with it. Not only does it focus on developing arts in Singapore, it fully utilizes the time of year, where there are no other big events in Singapore is going on, to continue bringing in substantial number of tourists. This keeps the revenue and tourism receipts rolling, making
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