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./.