Singapore Things to Know

Singapore Things to Know

There are important things to know about Singapore. This island city-state excels in its services and urban planning and is well known destination amongst the travelers for both sightseeing and business.

The standard time in Singapore is 8 hours ahead of the Greenwich Mean Time, 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time and 16 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time.

For U.S., European and Australian citizen Visa is not required for a stay up to 30 days. All the visitors should have a valid passport and onward ticket. Singapore's country code is 65. There is no city code for Singapore.

Each visitor is allowed 1 litre bottle of spirit and 1 litre bottle of wine. One requires permits while carrying arms, ammunitions, weapons, animals, drugs, poisons seeds and meat products to Singapore. For gold and other precious stones above the limit have to declared at the customs.

Things to know regarding the Singapore currency it is called Singapore Dollars- SGD and the exchange rate with the US Dollar has remained stable and ranges from 1.63 SGD to 1.83 SGD per 1 USD since 2000.

In Singapore the other thing to know is that the taxis are moderately priced and there are more than 10,000 metered taxis. One has to pay extra surcharges when more than two passengers, journey made between midnight and 6 a.m., journeys made to the Central Business District within designated times and journeys starting from the Changi Airport.

As regards the electricity the voltage is 220-240, 50 cycles; most hotels also have 110 V.

The other important thing to know regarding the dress culture in Singapore it is casual so as to cope up with the tropical climate. Some restaurants require the male guests to wear a collar and tie. The traveler should know while religious places in Singapore short dress should not be worn and ladies to dress modestly.

In Singapore tipping is not practiced but one is free to do for excellent service. It is always advisable to make advance reservations for your Singapore accommodation. In Singapore most of the hotels accept credit cards thereby making the process easy.

Singapore consists of 63 islands, including the main island itself. There are two connections from Singapore to the Malaysian state of Johor — a man-made causeway known as the Johor-Singapore Causeway to the north, crossing the Tebrau Straits, and Tuas Second Link, a bridge in the western part of Singapore that connects to Johor.

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