{"id":777020602,"date":"2024-11-11T09:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777020602"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:21:12","slug":"singapore-records-1-31-million-visitors-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-records-1-31-million-visitors-in-october","title":{"rendered":"Singapore records 1.31 million visitors in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The number of visitors was up 16.7 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- The Singapore Tourism Board (STB)\u00a0<\/strong>has reported that the country received 1.31 million visitors in October. That\u2019s a 16.7 per cent increase in year-on-year terms and a rise of 3.1 per cent compared to the previous month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore received over 367,800 overnight visitors<\/strong>, a 58.4 per cent decrease compared to last year. Some 234,530 were from China<\/strong>, up 91 per cent year-on-year. Indonesia was the second largest source market, supplying 183,710 visitors. Malaysia was third, supplying 103,430. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On average, visitors stayed for 3 days. Tourists from China had the longest average length of stay at 2.94 days, followed by tourists from Indonesia (2.58 days) and Malaysia (1.84 days).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first ten months of the year, Singapore received 13.90 million tourists. The figure was up 23.3 per cent in year-on-year terms to 87.6 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels in 2019. China was the top source market. In February, China and Singapore launched\u00a0a 30-day mutual visa exemption agreement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Tourism in the Philippines: 4.8m visitors in first ten months of the year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore Pools posts full-year turnover of US$9.18bn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Singapore Pools<\/strong>, <\/strong>the country\u2019s only legal lottery and sports betting operator, has shared its full-year financial results for 2023-24. Revenue was up 7 per cent from SG$11.4bn (US$8.58bn) to SG$12.2bn (US$9.18bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some SG$9.14bn (US$6.88bn) was returned in prize payouts and SG$2.29bn (US$1.72bn) in gambling duties and taxes. SG$437m (US$329m) went to the Tote Board for community projects. Operating expenses<\/strong> were SG$332m (US$250m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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