India overtook China in visitor numbers to Singapore. Indian tourists are her second largest number of visitors arriving in Singapore. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, China had the highest number of tourists visiting the island nation, according to news agency ANI.
A total of 612,300 visitors arrived from India Singapore Until November 2022, according to Singapore Tourism Board (STB) data.
The average length of stay is 8.61 days, and the average length of stay is 5.19 days. For comparison, Indonesians stayed on average 4.66 days, Malaysians 4.28 days and Australians 4.05 days.
Indonesia was the largest source of foreign visitors to Singapore with 986,900 visitors by November, Malaysia was third with 495,470, followed by Australia (476,480) and the Philippines (325,480). It continues, reports ANI.
According to official data, these four countries together account for almost half (48%) of all arrivals to this small island nation.
With the help of visitors from Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Australia, Singapore is set to report its best year for tourism since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down its travel sector.
The number of foreigners arriving in Singapore reached 5.37 million. He said in July this year, the Singapore Tourism Board said Singapore expects to welcome 4 million to her 6 million visitors in 2022.
Singapore’s tourism looks set to reach new post-pandemic levels in 2023, as China announced last week that it will finally allow its citizens to travel abroad, according to ANI reports.
The number of visitors in October and November was about 816,000. December has traditionally been a busy travel period for visitors to Singapore and this number is expected to sustain, with arrivals expected to reach around 6.2 million.
(with ANI input)
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