A plan to demolish one of Singapore’s most famous attractions, the Sentosa island merlion statue, as part of a S$90 million redevelopment, has prompted a wave of nostalgia in China, the city state’s biggest tourism market.
More than 3.4 million people visited Singapore from mainland China last year, up 6 per cent from the year before, according to the Singapore Tourism Board. Fans of the merlion also had their say on China’s WeChat service. “Whenever I visited Sentosa, I would take pictures in front of the merlion. It will remain in my memory forever,” one wrote.
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