Visitor arrivals in March 2002 fell by 1.6% over the same month in 2001, to a total of 654,710 visitors.
The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:
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Total Arrivals: 654,710
(-1.6%) |
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1. Indonesia |
114,127 |
(+3.0%) |
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7. South Korea |
38,388 |
(+18.3%) |
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2. Japan |
68,490 |
(-20.0%) |
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8. USA |
30,465 |
(-13.4%) |
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3. UK |
51,001 |
(+3.0%) |
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9. India |
29,156 |
(+6.8%) |
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4. Malaysia |
44,083 |
(-7.2%) |
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10. Hong Kong |
23,992 |
(-11.2%) |
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5. P R China |
42,725 |
(+40.9%) |
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11. Thailand |
22,724 |
(+0.3%) |
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6. Australia |
42,563 |
(+1.6%) |
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12. Philippines |
20,232 |
(+19.0%) |
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The increased promotional efforts for events and the Muharram holidays in March helped to provide a 3.0% boost to Indonesian arrivals. Holiday arrivals increased by 9.6%.
The Malaysian outbound market declined by 7.2%. This was due to an increase in airfares from Peninsular Malaysia into Singapore which led to a drop in business-related (-14.8%) and holiday (-3.8%) traffic.
China outbound market registered a double-digit growth in arrivals to Singapore (+40.9%), largely attributed to the increase in holiday traffic (+54.4%).
Visitor arrivals from South Korea grew by 18.3% due to the increase in group incentive travel (2,850 pax) which resulted in the growth of holiday traffic (8.9%).
Due to the absence of the Census holiday in March this year, visitor arrivals from Hong Kong registered a drop of 11.2%.
Increased promotional efforts led to an increase in arrivals from Philippines (+19.0%). Holiday traffic rose by 59.8%.
Holiday arrivals from the top 12 markets remained constant. Holiday travel from Philippines, (+59.8%), China (+54.4%) and India (+26.5%) posted significant increases. Other markets which registered increases in this segment were Indonesia (+9.6%), South Korea (+8.9%) and Thailand (+3.3%). Conversely, markets which declined were USA (-28.7%), Japan (-25.1%) and Hong Kong (-9.2%).
Overall, business-related1 traffic from the top 12 markets fell by 4.8%. With the exception of South Korea (+36.3%), Indonesia (+7.2%) and China (+4.0%), all major markets registered declines in this segment. Business-related travel from Hong Kong (-16.5%), Malaysia (-14.8%), UK (-11.1%) and Japan (-10.3%) decreased.
Hotel Sector Performance in March 2002 (Preliminary Data)
Maximum room-nights: 953,901 (+1.4%); Available room-nights: 906,789 (+1.3%)
Gross lettings: 709,795 (-4.2%); Paid lettings: 696,766 (-4.7%)
Standard AOR: 78.3% (down 4.5 percentage points over March 2001)
Standard ARR: $130.4 (-4.4%)
Visitor Arrivals in January - March 2002
Visitor arrivals in January - March dropped by 3.5% over the same period in 2001, to a total of 1,849,663
Indonesia remained the largest visitor generating market into Singapore as in the same period in 2001. With a total arrival of 174,661, China overtook Japan and became the second largest visitor generating market in January - March 2002.
The 12 largest visitor-generating markets were:
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Total Arrivals: 1,849,663
(-3.5%) |
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1. Indonesia |
309,246 |
(-3.6%) |
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7. South Korea |
107,732 |
(+10.0%) |
|
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2. PR China |
174,661 |
(+42.1%) |
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8. USA |
87,271 |
(-12.6%) |
|
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3. Japan |
165,403 |
(-26.0%) |
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9. India |
75,432 |
(+0.6%) |
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4. UK |
140,505 |
(+1.1%) |
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10. Hong Kong |
67,369 |
(-8.0%) |
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5. Malaysia |
127,804 |
(-4.5%) |
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11. Thailand |
58,919 |
(+1.5%) |
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6. Australia |
124,920 |
(-2.9%) |
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12. Taiwan |
56,357 |
(-1.0%) |
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Hotel Sector Performance in January - March 2002 (Preliminary Data)
Maximum room-nights: 2,757,882 (+1.1%); Available room-nights: 2,568,102 (-0.5%)
Gross lettings: 1,909,739 (-6.6%); Paid lettings: 1,878,711 (-6.8%)
Standard AOR: 74.4% (down 4.8 percentage points over January - March 2001)
Standard ARR: $130.5 (-3.0%)
- Business-related segment includes Business, Business & Pleasure and MICE arrivals.
AOR = Average Occupancy Rate
ARR = Average Room Rate
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