Singapore Visitor Arrivals in July 2002

Singapore visitor arrivals in July 2002 fell by 5.0% over the same month in 2001, to a total of 679,198 visitors.

The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:

Total Arrivals: 679,198 (-5.0%)

1. Indonesia 139,863 (+3.0%) 7. South Korea 32,337 (-7.2%) 
2. Japan 66,529 (-12.9%) 8. USA 29,784 (-9.4%) 
3. Australia 54,239 (-2.2%) 9. India 28,154 (-1.2%) 
4. P R China 51,144 (+12.2%) 10. Hong Kong 26,480 (+6.2%) 
5. Malaysia 41,145 (-12.5%) 11. Taiwan 25,226 (+0.2%) 
6. UK 33,824 (-6.4%) 12. Thailand 21,133 (-1.8%) 

 The shift in school holidays from June to the first two weeks of July and the increase in group packaged tour (+89.9%) led to a 3.0% growth in arrivals from Indonesia. Holiday and business-related traffic grew 7.0% and 4.3% respectively.

Visitor arrivals from Malaysia fell 12.5% due to the weak Ringgit (especially since April) and a reduction in air capacity from East Malaysia. It led to a 19.7% drop in holiday traffic. Business-related arrivals dipped by 7.0%.

Traffic from China continued to grow (+12.2%), a result of the country's strong economic performance. Holiday traffic grew by 13.9% and business-related traffic by 15.0%. There was a significant increase in repeat visitors (+42.3%).

The decline in visitor arrivals from UK (-6.4%) could be attributed to the shift in consumers' preference for short haul over long haul travel destinations. Holiday and business-related arrivals fell 6.2% and 8.7% respectively. 

 Aggressive efforts by STB to increase destination awareness through media educational and tour wholesaler support campaigns contributed to a growth in visitor arrivals from Hong Kong (+6.2%). Holiday arrivals grew by 16.1% while business-related arrivals dropped by 8.0%.

Overall, holiday arrivals from the top 12 markets fell marginally by 2.7%. Markets which performed well in the holiday sector were Hong Kong (+16.1%), China (+13.9%), Indonesia (+7.0%) and India (+1.8%). Decreases were registered from Malaysia (-19.7%), Japan (-15.6%), USA (-12.2%), South Korea (-10.6%) and Australia (-5.6%).

Overall, business-related1 traffic from the top 12 markets fell by 1.7%. Growth were registered from China (+15.0%), South Korea (+8.4%), Thailand (+7.9%), Indonesia (+4.3%) and India (+0.8%) registered increases while business-related arrivals from UK (-8.7%), Hong Kong (-8.0%), USA (-7.3%), Japan (-7.3%) and Malaysia (-7.0%) fell.

Note: Business-related segment includes Business, Business & Pleasure and MICE arrivals.

Singapore Hotel Sector Performance in July 2002

Maximum room-nights: 954,335 (+1.2%); Available room-nights: 893,867 (+0.8%) 

Gross lettings: 675,043 (-3.3%); Paid lettings: 666,107 (-3.3%)

Standard AOR: 75.52% (down 3.2 percentage points over July 2001)

Standard ARR: $123.73 (-6.5%)

Singapore Visitor Arrivals in January - July 2002

Singapore visitor arrivals in January - July dropped by 2.2% over the same period in 2001, to a total of 4,360,423 visitors.

The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:

Total Arrivals: 4,360,423 (-2.2%)

1. Indonesia 764,452 (+0.6%) 7. South Korea 228,149 (+4.3%) 
2. P R China 387,375 (+38.4%) 8. India 221,143 (+5.6%) 
3. Japan 386,709 (-19.7%) 9. USA 196,739 (-11.2%) 
4. Australia 317,948 (-0.9%) 10. Hong Kong 162,137 (-3.2%) 
5. Malaysia 310,086 (-6.9%) 11. Thailand 156,670 (+0.6%) 
6. UK 268,244 (-1.5%) 12. Taiwan 133,094 (-3.3%)

Holiday arrivals from the top 12 markets declined marginally by 0.5%. China (+44.7%), India (+21.9%), Hong Kong (+3.4%), Indonesia (+2.5%), South Korea (+2.4%) and Thailand (+0.8%) registered increases. Conversely, USA (-21.4%) and Japan (-24.8%) posted significant decreases.

Business-related traffic fell 4.8% due to the drop in business-related traffic from Hong Kong (-12.9%), Malaysia (-11.5%), Japan (-10.6%), Taiwan (-9.3%) and USA (-7.9%). Conversely, China (+12.6%), South Korea (+3.8%) and Indonesia (+2.6%) registered increases in this segment.

Singapore Hotel Sector Performance in January - July 2002

 Maximum room-nights: 6,512,488 (+1.2%); Available room-nights: 6,100,255 (+0.5%)

Gross lettings: 4,557,930 (-4.1%); Paid lettings: 4,487,246 (-4.3%)

Standard AOR: 74.72% (down 3.6 percentage points over January - July 2001)

Standard ARR: $128.05 (-5.8%)

AOR = Average Occupancy Rate 
ARR = Average Room Rate