Singapore Snapshots, including introduction, tourist attractions, and photographs.

Singapore is one of the favorite Asian travel destinations. As one of the world's most prosperous countries, Singapore is also a clean and safe city with beautiful parks, gardens, historical museums, Southeast Asian special arts and culture, conveniences, and efficiency.

Singapore is located in Southeastern Asia between Malaysia and Indonesia. With a diamond-shaped main island, an offshore Sentosa Island, and more than 50 smaller uninhabited islands, Singapore has land area about 637 square kilometers.

Founded as a British trading colony in 1819, Singapore became an independent nation in 1965. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries.

With strong international trading links and one of the world's busiest port, Singapore is blessed with a highly developed and successful free-market economy, a remarkably open and corruption-free business environment, stable prices, and the fifth highest per capita GDP in the world (as of the year 2000).

Singapore has 4,353,893 (July 2004 estimate) intelligent and hard-working people with great diversity of lifestyle, culture, and religions. It is a clean and safe city-nation with gentle manners of the East and comforts and efficiency of the West.

As a well-ordered society with successful economy and high living standard, Singapore attracts millions visitors from around the world every year.

Although old structure had been knocked down, but most of the landmarks have been well preserved in this "Garden City". It offers visitors with many tourist attractions including beautiful parks and gardens, historical museums and glittering temples, as well as excellent shopping and dining opportunity, and convenient public transportation system.