Singapore enjoys 11th consecutive month of record arrivals

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Singapore visitor arrivals registered 15.8% growth to reach 978,000 in October 2010, the highest number of arrivals recorded for the month of October.

This also marks the eleventh consecutive month of record visitor arrivals. Visitor days were estimated at 3.7 million days, a year-on-year growth of 13.2%.

Indonesia (179,000), P.R. China (93,000), Malaysia (83,000), Australia (77,000) and India (76,000) were Singapore’s top five visitor generating markets in October 2010. These markets accounted for 52% of total visitor arrivals for the month.

In October 2010, South Korea (+80.4%), Thailand (+60.8%), and Philippines (+35.5%) registered their highest growth out of the top 15 markets.

Tourism receipts (TR) for January – September 2010 was estimated to reach Sin$13.7 billion, which for the first time includes the contribution of the Integrated Resorts in Shopping, Accommodation, F&B, as well as Sightseeing and Entertainment. Higher per capita spending, strong visitor arrivals, as well as spending at the IRs contributed to the 47% year-on-year growth.

The Singapore Tourism Board said it is optimistic that the full-year TR for 2010 will fall within the forecast range of Sin$17.5 to Sin$18.5 billion.

Excluding spend in Sightseeing and Entertainment, Indonesia (Sin$2,072 million), P.R. China (Sin$1,240 million), India (Sin$753 million), Australia (Sin$752 million) and Malaysia (Sin$562 million) were Singapore’s top five TR generating markets for Q1-Q3 2010.

Indonesia (+32%), India (+30%), and P.R. China (+28%) posted higher than average TR growth rates, due mainly to higher shopping spend and for Indonesia, healthcare-related expenditure.

Despite a 1% decline in arrivals from UK during Jan-Sep 2010 vs. year ago, higher per capita spending by UK visitors resulted in a 19% growth in TR.

AOR recorded a 4.3 percentage point increase over October 2009 to reach 86% in October 2010 while ARR increased by 16.2% to reach an estimate of Sin$214. RevAPR increased by 22.3% to reach Sin$185 in October 2010.