Singapore is expensive to this Australian visitor

I met an Australian who visited Singapore recently. She told me that Singapore is now "very expensive" compared to her previous visit few years ago. 

Although she is used to the expensive prices in Australia, she still found Singapore to be "very expensive". Perhaps, the recent drop in the value of the Australian dollars contributed to this observation. 

The "very expensive" image could be felt by people from many countries. It could harm our reputation as a nice place to visit. The damage could have a long term impact.