Singapore - Visitor arrivals to Singapore in November registered their highest growth for the year, increasing by 8.4 per cent year-on-year to 830,000 visitors. Visitors from Malaysia increased by 36.8 per cent, Germany 21.7 per cent, Australia 13.8 per cent, Vietnam 12.4 per cent, the United States 11.6 per cent and the Philippines 10.5 per cent, the Singapore Tourism Board said in a statement on Monday.
Visitor days saw their first year-on-year growth for the year in November, increasing by 0.7 per cent to 3.1 million days.
The top tourist generating markets were Indonesia with 143,000 visitors, China (90,000), Malaysia (83,000), Australia (69,000), and India (50,000). These five markets accounted for 52 per cent of the total visitors in November.
The November average hotel room occupancy rate was 84.3 per cent, up by 3.8 per cent from a year ago.
The November average room rate was estimated at 198 Singapore dollars, a decline of 15.1 per cent from November 2008, it said, adding that hotel room revenue dropped by 9.8 per cent year on year to 148 million Singapore dollars for November 2009.
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