Tourist attractions in Singapore
With Singapore often being the site of many foreigners for their vacation getaway, it's not unusual to see new tourist attractions being developed (if not already built) in a blink of an eye. What makes Singaporean tourist attractions so special, is because of a genius method that I have only just recently witnessed.
So the other day I joined my mother and brothers to something called the S.E.A Aquarium located at Resort World, on an island advertised as "Sentosa" previously as a tourist attraction. Even as a Singaporean, I'm surprised by the rate of development in the tourism industry as we already have a similar attraction, appropriately named "The Underwater World" (People have told me that that area has deteriorated with age, however it looks irrelevant to address at the moment).
I was going to the area convinced that I was going to see fishes, sharks and other exotic sea life; I was instead greeted with exhibitions about Chinese trade all over South East Asia. I was confused at first. How does this relate to sea life. It was until my mother led me to the floors below that I saw what I expected. At first I was greeted with a huge tank with a shipwreck used as decoration. Typically this sort of decorations was no different than the ones you see at other similar tourist attraction sites all around the world, so at the moment I dismissed the decoration choice as irrelevant.
It was until I visited the last attraction of the day called a "Typhoon Theatre" where you were to experience a 4D adventure ride, where you were to face a typhoon. It was finally there that I saw how everything linked up with each other.
You see, the scenario was about a group of Chinese traders who needed to transfer a certain artifact - A Crown - back to mainland China to give to the king. The story ends when the ship sinks and the story progresses while the whole platform you are sitting on is moving downwards, and when you finish you find yourself on the lower level, right in front of the shipwreck. Everything is linked to a beautiful story.
Isn't this amazing? I have never thought it was possible to link any of these concepts together when they are so different from each other in ideology. It is this that is needed by many countries all around the world. At least in this way, many would want to see the story to the end. Highly suggested to come, although I suggest you visit the exhibits in the right order, unlike me.
Cheers,
Matthew Tan
So the other day I joined my mother and brothers to something called the S.E.A Aquarium located at Resort World, on an island advertised as "Sentosa" previously as a tourist attraction. Even as a Singaporean, I'm surprised by the rate of development in the tourism industry as we already have a similar attraction, appropriately named "The Underwater World" (People have told me that that area has deteriorated with age, however it looks irrelevant to address at the moment).
I was going to the area convinced that I was going to see fishes, sharks and other exotic sea life; I was instead greeted with exhibitions about Chinese trade all over South East Asia. I was confused at first. How does this relate to sea life. It was until my mother led me to the floors below that I saw what I expected. At first I was greeted with a huge tank with a shipwreck used as decoration. Typically this sort of decorations was no different than the ones you see at other similar tourist attraction sites all around the world, so at the moment I dismissed the decoration choice as irrelevant.
It was until I visited the last attraction of the day called a "Typhoon Theatre" where you were to experience a 4D adventure ride, where you were to face a typhoon. It was finally there that I saw how everything linked up with each other.
You see, the scenario was about a group of Chinese traders who needed to transfer a certain artifact - A Crown - back to mainland China to give to the king. The story ends when the ship sinks and the story progresses while the whole platform you are sitting on is moving downwards, and when you finish you find yourself on the lower level, right in front of the shipwreck. Everything is linked to a beautiful story.
Isn't this amazing? I have never thought it was possible to link any of these concepts together when they are so different from each other in ideology. It is this that is needed by many countries all around the world. At least in this way, many would want to see the story to the end. Highly suggested to come, although I suggest you visit the exhibits in the right order, unlike me.
Cheers,
Matthew Tan
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