Attractions here vie for local visitors (Amended)

THE faltering number of tourist arrivals in Singapore has sent attraction businesses here scrambling to capture a larger slice of the local market. From January to October 2014, Singapore's tourist numbers fell 3.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2013, data from the Singapore Tourism Board revealed.

This is sure to place a dent on the city-state's tourist hot spots, including Sentosa and Universal Studios Singapore (USS), which accrues majority of its revenues from tourist visitors. In fact, USS has revealed that more than 70 per cent of its visitors are tourists.

To make up for lost tourist revenues, these attractions are becoming increasingly dependent on local customers and working hard at refreshing offerings to attract more local visitors.