S'pore sees third consecutive month of record visitor arrivals in Feb

SINGAPORE: Visitor arrivals to Singapore grew by 24.2 per cent year-on-year last month to reach 857,000 visitors. This is the highest ever recorded for the month of February.

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said this is the third consecutive month of record visitor arrivals.

Visitors from China grew by 78.7 per cent, while visitors from Malaysia and Taiwan grew by 50 per cent and 39.2 per cent, respectively. These countries registered the highest growth out of the top 15 markets.

STB said this could largely be attributed to the Lunar New Year holiday. It said 13 out of the top 15 markets also registered positive year-on-year growth in February this year, reflecting the general improvement in travel sentiment to Singapore.

There were also improvements in hotel room revenue and average occupancy rate. But the average room rate declined marginally by 1.5 per cent over February 2009, to reach an estimate of S$201.

- CNA/sc
26 March 2010