Singapore: Cultural Plurality to Tourism Management in Religious Resources

Abstract

This article aimed to study Singapore in the dimension of cultural plurality towards tourism management in religious resources. Qualitative research was used for the study from research papers, interviews and participatory observation in Singapore.The study found that Singapore consists of diverse ethnic groups, including China, India and Malay, as well as other ethnic groups such as Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and Western countries. That comes into business today in which the three main ethnic groups are unity diversity and different religions including Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, as well as the creation of religious buildings during the colonial period. When the situation changed, Singapore became a successfully managed country leading the country towards development in various fields including tourism and there are religious cultural differences by using religious resources as a presentation in both Buddhist temples both in the Mahayana and Theravada divisions, such as Wat Phra That Khiao Kaew Presentation of Indian Sikh  Indian Community and Hindus, and organized religious tourism in those places including the Malay community and the presentation of resources in the Malay community and religion, places of worship in Islam, etc., which is a unity of tourism management that reflects the diversity of cultural and religious dimensions as it appears in Singapore today.