Singapore’s visitor arrivals fell 0.5% in October from a year ago to 845,000, the Singapore Tourism Board said today.

In October, nine out of Singapore’s top 15 visitor arrival markets posted growth over October 2008.

China registered its first growth of 8.4% since May 2008, spurred by an unusual eight-day Golden Week holiday.

Hong Kong SAR posted the largest percentage growth at 27.4% among the top 15 markets due to attractive travel package promotions.

Malaysia (+26.2%), Vietnam (+11.8%), Australia (+7.6%), Thailand (+5.2%), Germany (+3.7%), the USA (+2.8%) and the UK (+2.3%) all saw growth this month.

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