Singapore Visitor Arrivals for January 2006

In January 2006, Singapore welcomed 767,000 visitors, registering a 14.8% growth over the same period a year ago. Visitor days were estimated to reach 2.7 million, an increase of 14.1% in comparison to January 2005.

Indonesia (152,000), P.R. China (82,000), Australia (63,000), the UK (46,000) and Japan (45,000) were Singapore’s top five visitor-generating markets in January 2006. These markets accounted for 51% of total visitor arrivals for the month.

Singapore gazetted hotels recorded Sin$98 million in room revenue, an increase of 11.7% over January 2005.

The Average Room Rate (ARR) in January 2006 was estimated at Sin$147, an increase of 14.8% over January 2005. The Average Occupancy Rate (AOR) for hotels was estimated to have reached 77% in January 2006, a 2 percentage points decline over January 2005.

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