{"id":777014005,"date":"2024-03-15T08:18:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777014005"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:01:28","slug":"singapore-received-1-44-million-visitors-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-received-1-44-million-visitors-in-february","title":{"rendered":"Singapore received 1.44 million visitors in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Visitor arrivals rose by 50 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- The\u00a0<strong>Singapore Tourism Board (STB)<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that Singapore registered 1.44 million visitor arrivals in February. This figure was up 50 per cent in year-on-year terms and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-received-1-44-million-visitors-in-january\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flat when compared to January<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total arrivals, 327,000 travellers were from China. Indonesia was the second largest source market, supplying 190,760 visitors. The third largest was Malaysia, supplying 100,200. The average length of stay for international markets was 3.46 days, a decrease of 8.7 per cent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore received 2.87m visitors in the first two months of the year, with mainland China accounting for the largest number of visitors, at approximately 18.7 per cent or 538,160 visitors.\u00a0Visitors from China stayed an average of 4.22 days, longer than those from other primary source markets. Authorities have predicted visitor arrivals for 2024 could reach 15 million to 16 million, bringing in SG$26bn (US$19.4bn) to SG$27.5bn in tourism receipts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China and Singapore have launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-and-china-announce-reciprocal-30-day-visa-free-entry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a 30-day mutual visa exemption agreement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitor arrivals rose by 50 per cent in year-on-year terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Singapore's tourism sector demonstrated robust growth in February, with visitor arrivals increasing 50% year-on-year to 1.44 million, driven significantly by inbound traffic from China. Authorities project 15-16 million arrivals for 2024, generating up to SG$27.5 billion in tourism receipts, bolstered by a new mutual visa exemption agreement with China. This surge in high-value tourism is a key indicator for integrated resort performance and broader economic vitality.","focusai_entities":"Singapore Tourism Board","focusai_location":"Singapore, China, Indonesia, Malaysia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR GGR Impact","query":"How are the projected 2024 visitor arrivals and tourism receipts expected to translate into GGR growth for Singapore's integrated resorts, considering the average length of stay and source market demographics?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy","query":"What strategic capital allocation decisions might integrated resort operators in Singapore consider in response to the robust visitor arrival forecasts and the mutual visa exemption agreement with China?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777014005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777014005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014008,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014005\/revisions\/777014008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777014005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}