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In April 2008, Singapore welcomed 826,000 visitors, representing a growth of 0.8% as compared to the same month a year ago. This was a
new record for visitor arrivals for the month of April. Visitor days were estimated to reach 3.3 million days, an increase of 9.9% in
comparison with April 2007.
Indonesia (131,000), P.R. China (107,000), Australia (63,000), India (63,000) and Malaysia (53,000) were Singapore’s top five visitor-generating
markets. These markets accounted for 51% of total visitor arrivals for the month.
Singapore gazetted hotels were estimated to reap
Sin$186 million in room revenue, representing a growth of 30.1% versus April 2007.
The Average Room Rate (ARR) in April 2008 was estimated to be
Sin$254, representing an increase of 32.5% over April 2007. The Average
Occupancy Rate (AOR) for hotels was estimated to reach 84% in April 2008, posting a
1 percentage point decrease over April 2007.
Revenue Per Available Room (Revpar) grew by 30.9% to reach Sin$212 for April 2008.
See
also Singapore
Visitor Arrivals for March 2008 and other recent news regarding:
Airlines,
Aviation,
Flights,
Hotels, Promotions,
New
Hotels, Singapore,
Visitor
Arrivals
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