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Singapore Visitor Arrivals in May 2010

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Singapore visitor arrivals grew by 30.3% to reach 946,000 in May 2010, the highest ever recorded in the month of May. This is the sixth consecutive month of record visitor arrivals. Visitor days were estimated at 3.8 million days, a year-on-year growth of 24.1% in comparison with May 2009.

Indonesia (186,000), India (116,000), Malaysia (82,000), P R China (72,000), and Australia (64,000) were Singapores top five visitor- generating markets in May 2010. These markets accounted for 55% of total visitor arrivals for the month. 14 out of the top 15 markets registered positive year-on-year growth in May this year. Hong Kong (+48.8%), Malaysia (+48.7%) and Taiwan (+47.4%) registered their highest growth out of the top 15 markets.

Hotel room revenue grew 45.2% against May 2009 to reach an estimated Sin$164 million in May 2010.

Average Occupancy Rate posted a 17.1 percentage point increase over May 2009 to reach 85% in May 2010. The Average Room Rate increased by 13.4% over May 2009 to reach an estimate of Sin$209 in May 2010 while RevPAR increased by 42.1% to reach Sin$178 in May 2010.

In May 2010, the AOR of Economy-tier reported the largest growth (+23.8 percentage points) against May 2009 to reach 87%. The ARR of Mid-tier recorded the largest growth of 24.5% against May 2009 to reach $168 in May 2010. Hotels in the Economy sector reported the largest growth (+53.5%) in RevPAR in May 2010 to reach $85.

See also: Singapore Visitor Arrivals in April 2010, Singapore Visitor Arrivals in May 2009 and Changi Reports May 2010 Traffic

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