Singapore beats tourism record for second straight year

Friday, 14 Feb, 2018 0

Singapore tourism posted another year of record arrivals and tourism revenues.

Singapore Tourism Board said spending was up nearly 4% to S$26.8 billion (US$20.3 billion) and visitor arrivals increased by 6.2% to a record 17.4 million.

The Lion City showed growth metrics right across the board with 13 of the top 15 markets all up.

Unsurprisingly it was China which led the way with annual growth of 12.7% in 2017, to 3.2 million.

It represents two consecutive years of a strong rebound for Singapore after stalling in 2013.

"The combined efforts of STB and our industry partners yielded strong results, against a context of better-than-expected global economic recovery, continued growth in Asia-Pacific travel and increased flight and cruise connectivity to Singapore," said Lionel Yeo, Singapore Tourism Board CEO.

"Together with significant initiatives to support industry innovation and competitiveness, we made excellent progress in 2017 towards our vision of quality tourism growth."

After China, Indonesia and India are Singapore’s biggest source markets and had contrasting fortunes.

The Indonesia market stalled but India had the highest growth rate, and along with China contributed most to the bulk of overall tourism growth in 2017.



 

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