{"id":777039175,"date":"2026-03-16T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039175"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:30:56","slug":"singapore-visitor-arrivals-up-9-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-visitor-arrivals-up-9-in-february","title":{"rendered":"Singapore visitor arrivals up 9% in February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland to Singapore increased 61.3 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Singapore.- International visitor arrivals to Singapore were up 9 per cent year-on-year in February to 1.5 million. The figure was flat compared to January<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data from the Singapore Tourism Board<\/strong>, arrivals from mainland China, traditionally the city-state\u2019s largest inbound tourism market, grew 61.3 per cent year-on-year to 432,330. The other top-five markets for inbound tourists were Indonesia (167,040), Australia (80,750), Malaysia (90,210) and South Korea (65,670). Out of those markets, only mainland China saw year-on-year growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, overnight visitors<\/strong> increased 6.2 per cent to 1.11 million. At the same time, the average length<\/strong> of stay decreased by 2.2 per cent to 3.39 days. Singapore Tourism Board\u2019s latest monthly data took the city-state\u2019s aggregate international visitor volume for the first two months of this year to 3 million, flat from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) reported that tourism receipts in Singapore reached a record S$23.9bn (US$18.82bn) in the first three quarters<\/a> of 2025, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year. STB forecasts 17 to 18 million international visitors in 2026, with tourism receipts projected to reach S$31bn (US$24.4bn) to S$32.5bn (US$25.6bn).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Genting Malaysia president Lee Choong Yan to retire<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visitor arrivals from the Chinese mainland to Singapore increased 61.3 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"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 experienced a 9% year-on-year increase in international visitor arrivals in February, reaching 1.5 million, primarily driven by a 61.3% surge from mainland China. While overall visitor volume for the first two months remained flat year-on-year, the Singapore Tourism Board reported record tourism receipts of S$23.9bn for Q1-Q3 2025 and projects continued growth for 2026. The article also noted the impending retirement of Genting Malaysia's president.","focusai_entities":"Singapore Tourism Board, Genting Malaysia, Lee Choong Yan","focusai_location":"Singapore, China, Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), marketing_crm (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on IR GGR?","query":"How will the significant increase in Chinese mainland visitor arrivals specifically translate into GGR and NGR growth for Singapore's integrated resorts in the upcoming quarters, considering the slight decrease in average length of stay?"},{"label":"Strategy for shorter stays?","query":"What operational and marketing strategies are integrated resort operators implementing to mitigate the impact of the decreasing average length of stay on per-visitor spend and overall profitability?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[169,24680,24845],"class_list":["post-777039175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-singapore","tag-tourism","tag-visitors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039175","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777039175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039195,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039175\/revisions\/777039195"}],"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=777039175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}