S'pore tourism on the rise

S'pore tourism on the rise

SINGAPORE (DPA): The number of tourists traveling to Singapore
rose for the fourth straight month in April though the number of
visitors from Europe and the United States was down, the
Singapore Tourism Board (STB) reported Thursday.

Figures showed a 6.6 percent increase in tourists year-on-
year, following erratic but positive monthly growth since
January.

Hotel occupancy was flat at 70 percent, and room rates fell 15
percent during the month.

Overall arrivals from Asia rose 10 percent, with Indonesia and
China, the top and sixth largest markets, surging 32 percent and
44 percent respectively.

Arrivals from Japan and Malaysia, the second and third largest
visitor-generating countries, declined 3.1 percent and 10.2
percent, but arrivals from Thailand soared 41 percent due to a
long public holiday in April.