Sentosa Island in Singapore: A Must-Visit Tourist Attraction

This reflective essay discusses the author's experience visiting Sentosa Island in Singapore, highlighting its beautiful beaches, spas, entertainment, nature walks, and restaurants. The essay also provides historical background on the island and its transformation into a beloved resort. Additionally, the essay suggests that Sentosa Island is a must-visit tourist attraction due to its exciting attractions, pristine beaches, and tropical landscapes. The essay concludes with recommendations for improving the island's hotel options and shifting its operations online to make booking easier for customers.

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Sentosa Island in Singapore
I had a very fun time in my visit to Sentosa Island in Singapore. Accordingly my Sentosa
Island is a place that is extremely splendid to visit since it has beautiful playgrounds that is
full of beaches, spas, entertainment, nature walks as well as restaurants among many other
nice things. Indeed, Sentosa is an appealing island with a lot of tourist attractions for
individuals of all age groups. The place is open to visitors all year round. Certainly, I would
say that Sentosa Island is one of the a must on one’s visit list places because of its favourable
opening and closing time in addition to its costs effective entrance fee (Bhati, and Pearce,
2017). For instance, the entrance fee is very much affordable in the sense that it all depends
with the mode of transport that one used to find themselves there. Therefore, I would suggest
that Sentosa Island is the best place for your tourism trip because of its exciting attractions,
pristine beaches as well as tropical landscapes which makes the place a state of fun such that
it will surely leave you mesmerised.
While on my trip at Sentosa Island I learnt that initially the place was a British military
bastion. Thus, after the Japanese Occupation in the Second World War, Singapore returned to
British rule which led to the island being renamed “Sentosa” which means “peace and
tranquillity”. Accordingly, for a long period the place has had a remarkable past which has
made the place to transform into a beloved island resort, which is particularly known for its
tropical beaches, exhilarating attractions, and luxurious hotels. Indeed, I can say that if you
are looking for an adrenaline rush or a time of valiant exploration as well as the world of
adventure then Sentosa is the right place to go. Consequently, some of the features that make
Sentosa Island one of the best place to visit include its exploration from the costs all the way
to the jungle, and its fly high elements.

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The place has very many spectacular cost which traverse all the way to the jungle. For the
keen explorers who are looking to discover the island’s range of charms in addition to natural
landscape it allows one the opportunity to choose from a variety of inspiring activities.
Certainly, so as to find your directions one can take reference from three beaches which cut
across the coastline of Sentosa. Every beach has its distinct charm. For example, Siloso
Beach is Sentosa’s highly bustling stretch which is a home for many restaurants as well as
attractions; Tanjong Beach is the most appealing beach for a peaceful gateway while Palawan
Beach consists of parks, playgrounds and lagoon which are perfect for families. As a result, I
found this place appealing and most attractive in the sense that it has all the natural settings
that are suitable for tourists of all walks of life.
On the other hand for the lover of nature who are always charmed by the tropical flora and
fauna of Southeast Asia, they can additionally find their search of knowledge by making their
trip to Sentosa because of nature discovery. Indeed, the trajectory starts at the interactive
gallery whereby visitors get the opportunity to equip their scientific enquiry skills.
On the same note while at Sentosa the place offers one the chance to fly high provided by
Sentosa’s different adventure attractions such as iFly which is Singapore’s largest
international wind tunnel for indoor skydiving (Pearce, and Wu, 2015). Indeed, for
individuals who have the dream of soaring like superheroes they can drop using iFly
Singapore, which is a foot-tall acrylic “glass wall” that allow one to delight in panoramic
view of Siloso Beach and South China Sea. Basically, the iFly provide people with the state-
of-the-art technology which provide one with wings by offering an experience that stimulates
free falls from great heigyts as high as 12,000 feet.
While Sentosa Island is a fascinating tourist attraction point it has inadequate hotel options
which makes it expensive to visit the place. Similarly the site does not have local and national

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administrative support. Therefore, there is need for an action plane to help increase the
number of visitors touring the place by diversifying the variety of hotels. Certainly, the
diversification of the hotels will help to cut the expensive cost associated with minimal hotel
options. Similarly, in order to for Sentosa become a competitive tourist attraction point it is
supposed to shift its operations to become online to allow for easier booking of rooms and
hotels by its clients (Shen, Song, Li,and Jiang, 2015). Indeed, this would save its customers
the time wasted on physically travelling to the place to book for hotel and rooms.

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