a decline of 17.53 per cent sequentially<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSingapore hosted over 540,000 overnight visitors, marking a 34.7 per cent decrease compared to last year. On average, guests stayed for 3.29 days in the city-state, representing a 9.9 per cent decline. The largest number of visitors came from China (217,000), followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first nine months of the year, the country received 12.59 million tourists<\/strong>. China was the top source market, with 2.47m visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSingapore casinos: 99,000 citizens or residents visited in 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Singapore\u2019s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) has reported that 99,000 people who were either Singapore citizens or permanent residents visited the two casinos in the city-state in 2023. The number accounted for 3 per cent of the nation\u2019s adult population at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the 2023-24 annual report of the GRA, the 2023 figure was similar to the levels observed during the Covid-19 pandemic years and in 2019, based on the published data from the regulatory body and its predecessor, the Casino Regulatory Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the percentage of adult Singapore citizens or permanent residents visiting the two casinos was 2.5 per cent, 3 per cent, and 3.2 per cent, respectively, of the adult population. In 2019, a total of 107,000 such people, equivalent to 3.4 per cent of the city-state\u2019s adult population, visited the casinos, according to previous annual reports from the GRA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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