Singapore visitor arrivals in April 2002 grew by 1.4% over the same month in 2001, to a total of 621,957 visitors. China overtook Japan to become the second largest visitor-generating market for Singapore.
The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:
1. Indonesia - 408,071 (-1.8%)
2. P R China - 238,552 (+48.6%)
3. Japan - 214,648 (-23.8%)
4. UK - 178,564 (-0.8%)
5. Malaysia - 175,292 (-2.5%)
6. Australia - 170,280 (-2.0%)
7. South Korea - 32,696 (+8.4%)
8. Thailand - 30,349 (+9.1%)
9. India - 28,642 (+0.7%)
10. USA - 24,639 (-11.2%)
11. Hong Kong - 21,759 (-15.7%)
12. Philippines - 20,176 (-4.0%)
The stronger Indonesian Rupiah had contributed to the growth in arrivals from Indonesia (+4.4%). Arrivals across all major segments performed well, with holiday and business-related traffic registering a growth of 5.4% and 10.0% respectively.
Increased promotional efforts by STB and air capacity (from 17 to 28 flights) resulted in a double-digit growth in arrivals from China (+70.2%). Holiday traffic grew by 86.4%.
Visitor arrivals from UK fell by 7.2%. This was due to the shift in Easter holidays from April 2001 to March this year, causing a drop in holiday arrivals (-10.4%).
Arrivals from Hong Kong dropped 15.7%, primarily due to the lack of public holidays and long weekends in the month of April. Holiday traffic fell by 27.2% while business-related traffic grew by 4.1%.
Holiday arrivals from the top 12 markets rose by 2.4%. The main contributors were China (+86.4%), South Korea (+14.4%), India (+12.2%), Thailand (+10.1%), Malaysia (+5.5%) and Indonesia (+5.4%). Conversely, holiday arrivals from Hong Kong (-27.2%), USA (-24.8%), Japan (-22.2%) and the Philippines (-17.8%) recorded decreases.
Overall, business-related1 traffic from the top 12 markets increased by 6.1%, with China leading the growth (+24.5%). Australia (+24.1%), the Philippines (+22.7%), Thailand (+15.5%) and UK (10.3%) also posted strong increases. Other markets with increases in business-related visitor arrivals were Indonesia (+10.0%), South Korea (+7.1%) and Hong Kong (+4.1%).
Business-related segment includes Business, Business & Pleasure and MICE arrivals.
Hotel Sector Performance in April 2002 (Preliminary Data)
Maximum room-nights: 923,040 (+1.3%); Available room-nights: 869,968 (+2.4%)
Gross lettings: 663,271(+2.0%); Paid lettings: 651,734 (+1.8%)
Standard AOR: 76.24% (down 0.3 percentage points over April 2001)
Standard ARR: $126.02 (-6.9%)
Visitor Arrivals in January - April 2002
Visitor arrivals in January - April dropped by 2.3% over the same period in 2001, to a total of 2,472,215.
The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:
1. Indonesia 408,071 (-1.8%)
2. P R China 238,552 (+48.6%)
3. Japan 214,648 (-23.8%)
4. UK 178,564 (-0.8%)
5. Malaysia 175,292 (-2.5%)
6. Australia 170,280 (-2.0%)
7. South Korea 140,438 (+9.6%)
8. USA 111,933 (-12.3%)
9. India 104,085 (+0.6%)
10.Thailand 89,337 (+4.1%)
11.Hong Kong 89,149 (-10.0%)
12.Taiwan 73,902 (-3.6%)
Hotel Sector Performance in January - April 2002 (Preliminary Data)
Maximum room-nights: 3,678,542 (+1.0%); Available room-nights: 3,435,973 (+0.2%)
Gross lettings: 2,573,224 (-4.5%); Paid lettings: 2,530,641 (-4.7%)
Standard AOR: 74.89% (down 3.7 percentage points over January - April 2001)
Standard ARR: $129.35 (-4.0%)
AOR = Average Occupancy Rate
ARR = Average Room Rate |
