Singapore comprises a main and several smaller islands lying at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, to which it is connected by causeway and bridge (Figure 1). It occupies approximately 716 km2 (276 mi2) of land and has a population of about 5.4 million, of whom 3.3 million are citizens. The average gross national income per capita in 2012 was US$51,588 (S$64,310), among the highest in Asia (Department of Statistics 2013).
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Henderson, J.C. (2016). Singapore. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_174
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