eTurboNews.com, 2 Oct 2009
Ground was broken today for Singapore's new International Cruise Terminal. The facility at Marina South, costing S$500 million, comes as global demand for the cruise market is estimated to hit 27 million passengers by 2020 - a two-fold growth within a decade.
The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) expects to welcome its one millionth cruise passenger by year-end - the highest in 10 years. In the first half of this year, passenger arrivals grew 20 percent on-year to 540,000.
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