Originally Posted by
IAN-UK
Absolutely - affordable, comfortable and efficient public transport is one of the tangible differentiators from the rest of SE Asia.
But theres a price: as a destination it's largely lacking anything to attract travellers, other than those on a first trip ... or others who don't much like travelling.
As a place to work, or to stop-off on the way to somewhere interesting, it works just fine. I'm always more than happy to spend a couple of days there - but as a tourism destination in its own right, surely it's got to be something of a niche market.
You sound like you are prescribing solutions for others that work precisely for you or what you feel should work for everyone. I'm sure you do not mean to. Not everything that works for you works for everyone. It isn't a matter of being better or worst for everyone it is what fits best for every individual.
Everybody are at different stages in their travel and explorings. I've spent a lifetime on planes and going to strange places and have travelled much more than most and in the end when you are happy not to explore - and simply want a change of scenery and relax in somewhere easy and familiar - you might then choose after those travels from what you have learned and what you distil you want. Singapore to us is an extension of home. We just decamp from one home to another home and spend time there for a change of scenery. The hotel is familar and home. And so is Singapore. The same suite, the same staff.
That is good enough for us.
