Singapore Tourism Board
                                       Quarterly Tourism Focus 2017
                                       January to June
                                           Published Date: 28 August 2017
                                             CONTENTS
          Statistical Tables
            1. Ranking of Major Markets in terms of International Visitor Arrivals and Visitor Days by Month 2017
             (January, February, March)
                   1.1  April
                   1.2  May
                   1.3  June
             2. Ranking of Major Markets in terms of International Visitor Arrivals and Visitor Days, January-June 2017
             3. International Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence and Mode of Arrival by Month 2017
              (January, February, March)
                   3.1  April
                   3.2  May
                   3.3 June
             4. International Visitor Arrivals by Country of Residence and Mode of Arrival, January-June 2017
             5. Summary of Characteristics of International Visitor Arrivals from Selected Markets by Month 2017
              (January, February, March)
                   5.1  April
                   5.2  May
                   5.3 June
             6. Summary of Characteristics of International Visitor Arrivals from Selected Markets, January-June 2017
             7. Gazetted Hotel Statistics - Summary
             8. Gazetted Hotel Statistics by Hotel Size
             9. Gazetted Hotel Statistics by Hotel Tier
             10. Breakdown of Room and Food & Beverage Activity for Gazetted Hotel
          Explanatory Note 1
          Explanatory Note 2
      ANNOUNCEMENT
      Quarterly  Tourism  Focus  2017  (ISSN  0219-4112)  is  published  by  the  Research  &  Statistics  Department, 
      Research Division, Singapore Tourism Board.
      This publication serves as a reference to the trends and performance of visitor arrival and hotel sector of the 
      tourism industry.
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
      The Singapore Tourism Board acknowledges with thanks the respective contribution of the Data Processing 
      Branch  of  Immigration  &  Checkpoints  Authority  Department  and  the  Computer  Information  Systems 
      Department (Ministry of Home Affairs) in the collection and processing of the visitor arrivals statistics.
        Quarterly Tourism Focus 2017
        January to June                                         Back to Contents
                                      1.1 RANKING OF MAJOR MARKETS IN TERMS OF
                                       INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ARRIVALS AND VISITOR DAYS BY MONTH, 
                                      APRIL 2017
              COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE       VISITOR     RANKING     %      Y-O-Y %    VISITOR DAYS    RANKING     %      Y-O-Y % 
                                        ARRIVALS1                       Change                                        Change
                 TOTAL (excl. MLA)         1,470,671             100.0        5.5        4,824,891             100.0        3.7
                 China                       252,129         1    17.1       -6.5         637,546          2    13.2        0.3
                 Indonesia                   248,045         2    16.9       15.2         622,619          3    12.9        9.2
                 India                       109,294         3     7.4       15.6         666,938          1    13.8       11.0
                 Malaysia                     94,553         4     6.4       -2.6         205,791          6     4.3       -3.0
                 Australia                    93,924         5     6.4        0.6         299,523          5     6.2        7.3
                 Philippines                  81,951         6     5.6       10.4         413,760          4     8.6       -0.4
                 Thailand                     58,503         7     4.0       -6.4         191,153          7     4.0       -9.3
                 Hong Kong SAR                53,968         8     3.7       26.4         152,578         11     3.2       23.5
                 South Korea                  48,827         9     3.3       18.1         129,622         13     2.7        9.8
                 UK                           48,159        10     3.3        5.7         179,086          8     3.7        8.4
                 Japan                        46,245        11     3.1       -6.8         127,824         14     2.6       -8.1
                 USA                          40,628        12     2.8        3.2         145,488         12     3.0       -5.6
                 Vietnam                      39,373        13     2.7        2.5         165,242          9     3.4       -0.3
                 Germany                      30,420        14     2.1       42.3           84,500        15     1.8       27.5
                 Taiwan                       30,142        15     2.0       -9.0           83,663        16     1.7      -12.6
                 Myanmar                      19,608        16     1.3       35.3         158,952         10     3.3       13.0
                 France                       15,680        17     1.1       -5.7           55,980        18     1.2       -3.9
                 New Zealand                  12,448        18     0.8       24.0           36,065        20     0.7       20.7
                 Sri Lanka                    12,363        19     0.8       -2.7           47,554        19     1.0      -10.9
                 Switzerland                  11,697        20     0.8       27.3           34,448        22     0.7       30.1
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                  Excludes Malaysian citizens arriving by land.