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Two win free tickets to Singapore

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BANGALORE: Two Bangaloreans have won free return tickets to Singapore under “Fly on Us” campaign of the Tourism Board that concluded last week.

In the online campaign that received remarkable response from Bangalore’s travellers, Sumukh Desu (16) and Sunil Murthy (23) were declared winners of free return tickets to Singapore, a release said. Both Sumukh and Sunil have visited Singapore earlier.

Singapore is a favoured destination for Bangaloreans with approximately 60,000 Bangaloreans visiting the island nation in 2008 — an approximate 10 per cent increase over 2007. Over the last year, Singapore witnessed over 7.78 lakh visitors from India alone, the release said. An excited Sumukh, whose father invited him to the contest, said: “This was a pleasant surprise. Ever since I visited Singapore in 2006, I have wanted to go back to the city. I can now visit new attractions such as The Singapore Flyer and the Vivo City Mall. I am keen on going to Tanglin Village to see the revamped colonial clusters.”

Sunil, the release said, has decided on travelling during the popular Great Singapore Sale 2009 which is running till July 26 with his mother and his best friend.

“My mother is delighted, especially because we will be travelling during the Great Singapore Sale. When I first got the call from Singapore, I assumed it was a prank, but when I saw the Singapore code it actually sunk in. I was really excited and could not believe my luck,” Sunil said.

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