Visitor arrivals to Singapore in November rose 16.1% from a year earlier to 963,000, the highest figure ever recorded for the month of November, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Thursday.
The number was, however, lower than October’s 978,000 visitors as well as the record 1.1 million achieved in July.
Visitor arrivals to Singapore in October rose 15.8% from a year earlier to 978,000, the highest number of arrivals recorded for the month of October ever, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Wednesday.
But the number was still below July’s figure when a record 1.1 million people visited the city-state.
Singapore attracted 978,000 visitors in October, a 16% increase from a year earlier, the Singapore Tourism Board said in an e-mailed statement today. Tourism receipts in the first nine months of the year increased 47% to $13.7 billion from a year earlier, helped by the opening of two integrated casino resorts, the board said.
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Visitor arrivals to Singapore rose 18% on year to 996,000 in August, marking the ninth straight month of record arrivals to the island nation, according to a government statement Tuesday.
Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia and India were the top five visitor-generating markets, accounting for half the arrivals in August, the Singapore Tourism Board said, adding that 14 out of the 15 top markets registered growth in arrivals during the month.
This was the seventh consecutive month of record visitor arrivals in the island state. A total of 946,000 visitors arrived in May and 939,000 in April, said the Singapore Tourism Board.
Visitor arrivals to Singapore grew 30.3% on year in May to 946,000, the Singapore Tourism Board said in a statement Monday, says Dow Jones. The government said visitor numbers are the highest on record for the month of May, marking the sixth consecutive month of record visitors. Visitor numbers from Hong Kong rose 48.8%, Malaysian visitors rose 48.7% and Taiwan visitors grew 47.4%.
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Visitor arrivals rose 20.4% to 938,000 last month from a year earlier, the Singapore Tourism Board said in a statement today. The arrivals were the highest ever for April, and followed four months of record gains.
Singapore is set to boost visitor numbers by as much as 30% this year, as the integrated resorts attract tourists, she said. The Tourism Board expects to attract as many as 12.5 million visitors this year. Tourism receipts may rise as much as 50%, boosted by spending by Indonesian and Russian visitors, Aw said.
In February visitor arrivals had surged 24% from a year earlier.
Hotel occupancy rose 14 percentage points from a year ago to 87.1%, with average room rates rising 3.3% in March to $205, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Tuesday.
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The number of visitors to Singapore fell by 4.3% last year to 9.7 million, driving the revenue from the sector down 19.2% to $12.4 billion, the country’s tourism promotion agency said today.
Singapore Tourism Board CEO Aw Kah Peng told a news conference the agency would disclose its forecast for tourist arrival and revenues for 2010 next month.
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Singapore visitor arrivals in November jumped the most in three years, as the Hari Raya Haji holiday, held in December last year, attracted tourists from Malaysia and Indonesia.
Visitor arrivals gained 8.4% to 830,000 last month from a year earlier, the Singapore Tourism Board said in an e- mailed statement today. Arrivals from Malaysia rose 37%, while Indonesian visitors gained 20%. The board also said the 2009 “Reasons to enjoy Singapore” campaign helped spur an increase in visitors from Germany, China and Australia.
Singapore is betting on projects set to open in the coming two years, such as the International Cruise Terminal and the two integrated resorts, to spur tourism. In October, Singapore began work on a $500 million terminal to double cruise berthing capacity and boost visitors arriving by sea. The two integrated resorts, Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa, are scheduled to open in 2010.
Visitor arrivals in Singapore rose 8.4% in November from a year earlier, the highest growth for 2009, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said today.
The STB said there were 830,000 visitors in November.
Tourists also spent more time in Singapore in November, leading to the first year-on-year growth in 2009 for visitor-days, which edged up 0.7% to an estimated 3.1 million days.
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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