Chapter: Findings
This section includes the findings attained from the responses of participants via questionnaire along with the graphical illustration. The total number of participants selected in this study is 178. Frequency distribution tables along with cross tabulation calculations are done in order to find out the relationship between variables.
Questionnaire Analysis
Frequency Tables/Charts
Tourism sector helps any country to boost its economy. Similarly, the participants’ responses to the asked question whether “tourism sector will bring benefit to Singapore” proved that Singapore economy has been observed a growing trend due to an increase in tourism activities. In Singapore, tourists mainly come from neighborhood countries like china, Indonesia and Malaysia. However, there is less percentage of the visitors who come from Thailand and other parts of the world but they play their contributing part towards Singapore progressive economy. There are very few respondents who adversely affected from the inflationary pressure in their daily lives.
The question was asked from the participants whether “Singapore relies on importing good” or not. In response to that, majority of them agreed to the fact. Another contributing factor towards Singapore economy is relying on importing goods. Singapore weather is considered as the ideal one so the tourist activities are open throughout the year. This country does not face any seasonality issue. As the visitors usually come to this country from Indonesia, China and Malaysia mainly and few other parts of the worlds as well. Mostly people prefer to stay at the budget/economy hotels as well as luxury hotels. Small chunk prefer to stay at bouquet halls and other accommodations.
The findings are helpful to conclude that most of the tourists/visitors avail hotels instead of choosing other accommodation mediums. Singapore has an idea geographic location, which helps in boosting the tourist activities in the country. People come from different countries due to Singaporean tourists attractions. Gambling, casinos, shopping mall and restaurants are the biggest attractions for the visitors. The businesses have been flourished by offering tourist attracting products and services. Chinese economy is the most stable one and that is the main reason most of tourists seen in Singapore belongs to Chinese population. Chinese visitors/tourists are considered as affluent so they contribute a lot in Singapore economy. The country prefer to hire foreign workers in their service sector for instance Philippines. The reason for that is, the labors from developing or underdeveloped countries are quite cheap than the local workforce Szivas, Riley & Airey, 2003, 64).
Cross Tabulation
Females who belong to the age group 19 to 28 years are more in the occupations that are related to tourism. However, the shocking fact depicted from the findings that mostly those females are in such occupations who are either divorce or single parent. As the tourism, industry of Singapore is at its boom so the pay structure of the employees is also attractive enough to retain them for long-term. Most of visitors earn between 10000 to 40000 dollars and according to them, the most effective ways to actuate for tourist activities are consumer promotions as well as advertising. Chinese and Indonesia visitors/tourist often come to Singapore and engage in sightseeing/entertaining and shopping activities. Tourism is active throughout the year in Singapore; however, the peak season is April to June and July to September.
Reference
Szivas, E., Riley, M. and Airey, D. (2003) ‘Labor mobility into tourism’, Annals of Tourism Research, 30(1), pp. 64–76.
Appendix
What is your age group?
19-23
24-28
28-32
33-37
Gender
Male
Female
What is your employment status
Full time job
Parttime job
Self employed
Unemployed
What is your marital status?
Single
Married
Divorced
How much money do you approximately earn annually?
Up to $6,000
10,000-20,000
30,000 - $40,000
$50,000 - $60,000
Do you think tourism sector will bring benefit to Singapore?
Yes
No
Where do you think mainly the visitors come from?
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Other
Are you affected about inflation in your daily life?
Yes
No
Do you think Singapore replies on importing good?
Yes
No
Do you think Singapore has the issue of seasonality?
Yes
No
What type of accommodation do tourists stay at most often? (Based on level of service)
Boutique Hotel
Economy / Budget Hotel
Luxury Hotel / Resort Hotel
Other
Is your occupation related to tourism?
Yes
No
In your opinion, which is an effective way to promote Singapore tourist attractions for visitors worldwide?
Advertising
Consumer Promotion
Increase tourist spot
Local Events
What do you think of visitors spend their money on?
Accommodation
Food & Beverage
Shopping
Sightseeing / Entertainment
When is the peak season of tourism in Singapore?
April –june
July-sep
Oct-dec
Do you think gambling is one of the main attractions that people choose to go?
Yes
No
Do you think casino will bring benefit to local economy?
Yes
No
Do you think tourist expenditure mainly on fashion & acceseories?
Yes
No
Do you think Chinese tourists are the main spender?
Yes
No
Do you think the workforce comprise too many foreign workers?
Yes
No
Would you interested to involve in any tourism related job? (Hotel, cruise, tourism event organizer, etc.)
Yes
No
Cross tabs
