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Singapore is a thriving cosmopolitan city that's brimming with diversity and has a multiplicity of culture, language, arts and architecture.
Its unique offerings ensure that you and your family have an enjoyable holiday.
The city-state is cementing its title as the events capital of the world this summer with a wide range of events, which will see Singapore celebrate its unique food, fauna and cultural heritage, as well as play host to the world's first ever Youth Olympic Games.
The events kicked off mid-July with the launch of the Singapore Garden Festival and the Singapore Food Festival, which transformed the buzzing metropolis into a food and nature lovers' paradise ahead of the Ramadan celebrations that commence in early August.
In mid-August, Singapore will launch the world's first-ever Youth Olympic Games, with more than 5,000 young athletes and officials from around the world gathering in the city-state to take part in 26 sports, 201 events and a cultural education programme.
"Summer is always an exciting time to be in Singapore, but this year's range of cultural and sporting events will make 2010 the most multi-faceted summer to date.
"July and August present the perfect time for Middle East visitors to plan a summer holiday to Singapore, when travellers can enjoy a wide range of exquisite food and nature festivities, as well as take part in Singapore's Ramadan traditions," said Jason Ong, area director for Middle East and Africa, Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
"Singapore is honoured to play host to the world's first Youth Olympic Games, which will be a stunning global event, with young athletes from around the world celebrating the Olympic sporting spirit in Singapore," Ong added.
The Singapore Garden Festival and the Singapore Food Festival, which started on July 15 and 16, respectively, offered visitors a chance to experience an international garden and flora extravaganza over 10 days, while Singapore's famed cuisine highlighted the influence of Chinese cooking.
On August 6 begins Singapore's Eid celebrations, known as Hari Raya, to mark Ramadan.
Bazaars spring up along the traditional Kampong Glam and Geylang Serai areas, with beautiful street decorations, as mosques engage in the nightly Tarawih prayers and pre-dawn Qiyam prayers for the city-state's Muslim inhabitants, which account for 15 per cent of the population.
Special packages are available through the Gulf for visitors to visit Singapore during the holy month.
Singaporean food is legendary, with bustling hawker centres and 24-hour coffee shops offering cheap food from all parts of Asia, and shoppers can bust their baggage allowances in shopping centres like Orchard Road and Suntec City.
In recent years some societal restrictions have also loosened up, and now you can bungee jump and dance on bartops all night long. Two enormous casino complexes - or 'integrated resorts', to use the Singaporean euphemism - opened in 2010 in Sentosa and Marina Bay as part of Singapore's new 'fun and entertainment' drive, the aim being to double the number of tourists visiting and increasing the length of time they stay within the country.
To compete with regional rivals like Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai, the government has announced that the city area would be transformed into a more exciting place by lighting up the civic and commercial buildings.
Singapore is also promoting itself as a medical tourism hub: about 200,000 foreigners seek medical care in the country each year, and Singapore medical services aim to serve one million foreign patients annually by 2012 and generate $3 billion in revenue.
