Singapore sees record int’l visitor arrivals in 2013

International visitor arrivals to Singapore in 2013 reached a record 15.6 million and tourism receipts increased to highest 23.5 billion SGD, up 7 percent and 2 percent, respectively, from 2012.
International visitor arrivals to Singapore in 2013 reached arecord 15.6 million and tourism receipts increased to highest 23.5billion SGD, up 7 percent and 2 percent, respectively, from 2012.

According to statistics released by the Singapore TourismBoard on May 9, Singapore welcomed 3.09 million Indonesians lastyear, followed by Chinese with 2.27 million, Malaysians with 1.28million, Australians with 1.13 million, and Indians with 934,000.

Chinese visitors last year spent 2.98 billionSGD, a year-on-year rise of 18 per cent. This meant that for the firsttime, the Chinese spent more than the Indonesians, who had been thebiggest-spending visitors in the city-state since 2007.

Revenue from sightseeing, entertainment and gaming increased 4percent, while food and beverage receipts rose 2 percent. Gazetted hotelroom revenue grew 3.9 percent to 2.9 billion SGD.

Shopping, however, recorded a 1 percent fall./.

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