India amongst top 3 international locations on Singapore's tourist list in 2024
Singapore: india has emerged as one of the top three markets for visitor arrivals in singapore with 1.2 million indians visiting the town-state in 2024, the tourism board here stated on Tuesday.
China crowned the traveler listing with 3.08 million arrivals to singapore observed by means of indonesia with 2.49 million arrivals.
International visitor arrivals continued a consistent recuperation from 2023, growing with the aid of 21 in line with cent to sixteen.5 million in 2024, the singapore Tourism Board (STB) said in its 12 months-in-evaluate record. Singapore's pre-pandemic top in 2019 noticed 19.1 million arrivals.
"China (three.08 million arrivals), indonesia (2.49 million) and india (1.2 million) emerged because the top 3 supply markets for site visitors, with a mixture of brief-, mid- and lengthy-haul markets inclusive of Japan, Taiwan, the UK and the usa showing 'healthful 12 months-on-yr increase'", stated the STB.
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Tourism receipts or spending for the full yr are probable to attain the top bound of the statutory board's forecast of SGD 27.5 billion to SGD 29 billion, having already hit SGD 22.4 billion among january and september 2024. this is up 10 according to cent from the same period in 2023, said STB.
"In 2024, Singapore's tourism sector published a robust performance, an confirmation of the enterprise's efforts in refreshing our merchandise and reports, as well as embarking on new collaborations this past 12 months," STB chief executive Melissa Ow said.
"Together, those efforts elevated Singapore's destination appeal and strengthened the sector's skills and competitiveness," she brought.
"international-class concerts via Coldplay, Ed Sheeran and Taylor fast generated large economic advantages and enhanced Singapore's international logo, with spillover consequences to adjacent tourism industries which includes retail, dining and inns," highlighted STB in a media launch.