Singapore visitor arrivals are still forecast to reach 17 million by 2015, as the region overcomes an economic slowdown and health scares including the H1N1 pandemic, the Singapore Tourism Board said.

 

Tourism receipts will rise to $30 billion by 2015, a target first announced five years ago, Chief Executive Officer Aw Kah Peng said today when releasing the board’s “Tourism Compass 2020” road map. “We were hit straight away when the downturn started so I would say, yes, those numbers are challenging but we are not abandoning them.”