Visitor arrivals to Singapore up 3% to 19.1m in 2019, air arrivals up 4%

Singapore Tourism Board reported (12-Feb-2020) visitor arrivals to Singapore for Dec-2019 and for the 12 months ended Dec-2019. Details include:

• Dec-2019:
  • Visitor arrivals: 1.7 million, +7.5%;
    • By market:
      • Indonesia: 339,378, +5.7%;
      • China: 272,626, +14.5%;
      • Malaysia: 133,035, -7.0%;
      • Australia: 117,764, +12.2%;
      • India: 115,154, -2%;
      • Philippines: 76,564, +5.2%;
      • USA: 76,088, +18.7%;
      • Japan: 69,683, +9.3%;
      • UK: 54,142, +17.6%;
      • South Korea: 49,196, +16.5%;
      • Hong Kong: 44,928, +21.5%;
      • Thailand: 40,717, +9.2%;
      • Vietnam: 38,421, +1.7%;
      • Germany: 34,010, -13.3%;
      • Taiwan: 20,718, -13.8%;
  • Visitor arrivals by air: 1.3 million, +6.9%;
• 12 months ended Dec-2019:
  • Visitor arrivals: 19.1 million, +3.3%;
    • By market:
      • China: 3.6 million, +6.1%;
      • Indonesia: 3.1 million, +2.9%;
      • India: 1.4 million, -1.7%;
      • Malaysia: 1.2 million, -2.7%;
      • Australia: 1.1 million, +3.3%;
      • Japan: 884,210, +6.6%;
      • Philippines: 829,211, +6.6%;
      • USA: 729,056, +13.3%;
      • South Korea: 645,728, +2.6%;
      • UK: 607,736, +3.2%;
      • Vietnam: 591,843, stable
      • Thailand: 528,410, -3.2%;
      • Hong Kong: 488,462, +3.2%;
      • Taiwan: 425,565, +0.6%;
      • Germany: 380,678, +6.7%;
    • Visitor arrivals by air: 14.9 million, +3.8%. [more - original PR]