SINGAPORE TOURISM SECTOR PERFORMANCE AS AT APRIL 2001

Visitor Arrivals in April 2001

¨Singapore Visitor arrivals in April 2001 declined by 3.8% over the same month in 2000, to a total of 612,800 visitors. Overall, for the period of January to April this year, total visitor arrivals increased 0.5% over the same period last year.

"April’s performance is over the exceptionally high base experienced in April last year when arrivals reached a record of 636,970, which was a growth of 21.5% over 1999.

¨Oceania continued to perform well, generating a growth of 6.2% in arrivals. Arrivals from Asia (-4.0%), Americas (-4.1%), Europe (-4.3%) and Africa (-15.8%) declined.

¨The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:

¨The weakened Indonesian rupiah has increased the cost of outbound travel leading to a fall in arrivals from Indonesia.

¨Cautious consumer sentiments coupled with consumers’ preference for nearby destinations and the cutback in group incentive travel affected visitor arrivals from Japan.

Faced with an uncertain economic climate, and consumers’ preference for domestic travel, arrivals from Malaysia declined by 4.4%.

¨Arrivals from Australia rose by 8.9% attributed to the Easter holidays and school holidays, which boosted holiday and VFR traffic.

¨UK and China posted increases of 1.6% and 2.8% respectively.

¨The spring honeymoon season and the availability of competitively priced packages provided a boost to the holiday segment, which culminated in a double-digit growth in arrivals from South Korea.

¨The softening of the US economy coupled with the weakening of the Indian stock market caused arrivals from India to decline by 3.0%.

¨The softening of the Thai baht caused visitor arrivals from Thailand to fall by 7.5%

¨The less than optimistic business climate coupled with the tightening of expenditures led to a decrease in arrivals from the USA.

¨The decline in arrivals from Hong Kong could be attributed to cautious consumer sentiments. Another contributing factor could be that consumers were not traveling as much as some had already traveled during last month’s Census holidays.

¨The Easter holidays in mid-April provided a boost to holiday and VFR traffic, which led to a 9.0% growth in arrivals from the Philippines.

¨Holiday arrivals from the top 12 markets decreased by 7.3%. Markets that performed well included the Philippines which led with a double-digit growth of 11.8%, Australia (+8.8%), South Korea (+8.7%) and USA (+0.9%).

¨Overall the business-related segment from the top 12 markets declined by 5.5%, with the exception of Japan which grew by 3.3%.

Visitor Arrivals in January - April 2001

¨Visitor arrivals in January - April 2001 rose by 0.5% over the same period in 2000, to a total of 2,528,627 visitors.

¨The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:
 

Hotel Sector Performance in April 2001 (Preliminary Data)



¨Maximum room-nights: 909,660 (+1.7%); Available room-nights: 847,771 (+2.2%)

¨Gross lettings: 651,183 (-6.1%); Paid lettings: 640,983 (-6.0%)

¨Standard AOR: 76.8% (down 6.8 percentage points over April 2000)

¨Standard ARR: $135.30 (+7.7%)



AOR = Average Occupancy Rate

ARR = Average Room Rate



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NB- Business-related segment includes Business, Business & Pleasure and MICE arrivals.