More tourists come to S'pore

More tourists come to S'pore

SINGAPORE: Visitor arrivals in Singapore hit a record high of 802,283 in July, up 48 percent from last year on robust travel volumes from China and other Asian countries, the tourism board said.

The numbers showed the city-state is on track to hit its target of welcoming 7.6 million travellers and earning S$8.7 billion (US$5.1 billion) from tourism this year, the board said in a statement late on Friday.

An aggressive drive promoting the island-republic as a unique travel destination helped boost the arrivals.

Significant growth in arrivals were recorded from China, the Philippines, Thailand and India. Visitors from China, Indonesia and Australia accounted for 41 percent of inbound travellers. The tourism board described the July figures as "the highest number of monthly visitor arrivals in history." -- AFP