Singapore Visitor Arrivals in October 2010

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. [See: Singapore Visitor Arrivals for October 2009]

 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.

See also: Singapore Visitor Arrivals for October 2009, Singapore Visitor Arrivals for October 2008 and Singapore Visitor Arrivals for September 2010

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