{"id":4101,"date":"2018-08-13T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T04:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2018-08-13T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T04:23:40","slug":"ift-students-explore-some-of-singapores-top-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/ift-students-explore-some-of-singapores-top-attractions\/","title":{"rendered":"IFT students explore some of Singapore\u2019s top attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4101 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-herald-lay-c1'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-1_Merlion.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-1_Merlion-470x313.jpg\" 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https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-6_Marina-Barrage-with-Marina-Bay-Sands-Gardens-by-the-Bay-Singapore-Flyer-in-the-background.-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-6_Marina-Barrage-with-Marina-Bay-Sands-Gardens-by-the-Bay-Singapore-Flyer-in-the-background.-130x86.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-6_Marina-Barrage-with-Marina-Bay-Sands-Gardens-by-the-Bay-Singapore-Flyer-in-the-background.-187x124.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SG-6_Marina-Barrage-with-Marina-Bay-Sands-Gardens-by-the-Bay-Singapore-Flyer-in-the-background..jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-4103  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>A group of 20 IFT students participated in the first-ever overseas study tour by the Institute\u2019s Tourism Club, visiting Singapore. The 5-day tour took place in July and was subsidised with funding from Macao\u2019s Tertiary Education Services Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe study tour provided a great learning experience on how a small city-state can develop and manage iconic and top international attractions,\u201d Club President Mickey Chan said.<\/p>\n<p>The study tour group was accompanied by IFT Visiting Professor Dr. John Ap, who also assisted the club in planning the itinerary. \u201cSuch study tours provide a valuable and enriching cultural learning experience, and also [allow participants] to see how attractions have been developed and managed successfully elsewhere in the world,\u201d noted Prof. Ap.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the internationally-renowned attractions visited included Marina Bay, the Gardens by the Bay, and the Sands SkyPark atop the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. Participants also joined two safaris by Wildlife Reserves Singapore: the \u201cRiver Safari\u201d and the \u201cNight Safari\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the attractions included in the programme offered types of leisure options not available in Macao. They were selected for the tour in order to broaden the students\u2019 exposure to new types of urban tourism products, some of which might also be developed in Macao.<\/p>\n<p>Participants also attended presentations on Singapore\u2019s tourism sector and on the work of Wildlife Reserves Singapore. These sessions took place at Republic Polytechnic, a higher education institution in Singapore. IFT students had also the opportunity to visit some of the tourism-related training facilities at Republic Polytechnic, including a training restaurant and mock-ups of hotel rooms.<\/p>\n<p>A lesser-known infrastructure project-cum-attraction visited was Marina Barrage, a dam constructed to control the respective flow of the Singapore and Kallang rivers, and create a reservoir (i.e. Marina Bay). The barrage serves 3 functions, namely water supply, flood control and provision of water recreation areas.<\/p>\n<p>As well as visiting Chinatown, which was part of the tour itinerary, students had on their free day the chance to explore Little India and the Malay Heritage Centre, in order to see and experience Singapore\u2019s multicultural way of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 20 IFT students participated in the first-ever overseas study tour by the Institute\u2019s Tourism Club, visiting Singapore. 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