Singapore Visitor Arrivals for October 2006

In October 2006, Singapore welcomed 857,000 visitors, registering a 15% growth over the same period a year ago. This is a record high for the month of October. Visitor days were estimated to reach 2.9 million, an increase of 15.4% in comparison to October 2005.

The positive performance for October 2006 was fuelled by the strong growth registered by Indonesia (+48.4%), which achieved its highest ever visitor arrivals in a single month. This surge in visitor arrivals from Indonesia was largely due to the Hari Raya holiday period in the later half of the month. Visitor arrivals from Indonesia in October 2006 also broke the last record set in December 2002, when 197,000 visitor arrivals from Indonesia were recorded.

Indonesia (210,000), P.R. China (71,000), Malaysia (61,000), Australia (61,000) and India (58,000) were Singapore’s top five visitor-generating markets in October 2006. These markets accounted for 54% of total visitor arrivals for the month.

In October 2006, Singapore gazetted hotels recorded Sin$133.9 million in room revenue, an increase of 17.9% over October 2005.

The Average Room Rate (ARR) in October 2006 was estimated at Sin$166, an increase of 11.8% over October 2005. The Average Occupancy Rate (AOR) for hotels was estimated to have reached 88% in October 2006, a 3.4 percentage point increase over October 2005.

See also: Singapore Visitor Arrivals for September 2006

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