Singapore receives 1.54m million visitors in August 2024

Singapore : Singapore received 1.54 million visitors in August 2024, said the country's tourism board in a report.

This marks a 17.3 per cent increase in year-on-year terms, however, a decline of 3.75 per cent sequentially.

Of the total arrivals, 403,120 were from China, up 87.1 per cent year-on-year. Indonesia was the second largest source market, supplying 163,910 visitors.

India was third, supplying 91,800 travellers. Tourists from India had the longest average length of stay at 6.15 days, followed by tourists from China (4.07 days). The average stay for all international source markets was 3.66 days.

In the first eight months of the year, Singapore received 11.32 million tourists. The figure was up 25.5 per cent in year-on-year terms and represented nearly 88 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels in 2019.

From January to August, China was the top source market, with 2.26 million visits, 86.9 per cent of 2019 levels.

It may be mentioned here, in February, China and Singapore launched a 30-day mutual visa exemption agreement.