Singapore Tourism Board promotes a variety of events all year round for tourists. Some of the anchor events are the Chingay Parade, Singapore Arts Festival and Singapore Garden Festival.
View of F1 circuit (click on image to enlarge)
F1 commemorative first day cover issue (click on image to enlarge)Singapore hosted a round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship (Singapore Grand Prix). The race, held on a new street circuit at Marina Bay, was the first night-time event in Formula One history. The event was considered an overall success due to the sheer amount of organisation, planning and hard work put into the event. F1 is to be held in Singapore consecutively in 2009.
Also in 2010, Singapore will host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, where the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), which say the Games is expected to generate a minimum of 180,000 visitor nights for Singapore.
Commemorative stamps and first day cover for Youth Olympic Games(Click on image to enlarge)
-Information courtesy of wikipedia, accurate as of publishing date-
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