{"id":777040653,"date":"2026-04-17T07:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040653"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:27:05","slug":"singapore-visitor-arrivals-up-2-8-in-q1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-visitor-arrivals-up-2-8-in-q1","title":{"rendered":"Singapore visitor arrivals up 2.8% in Q1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The city-state saw 4.43 million international arrivals in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- There were 4.43 million international visitor arrivals in Singapore in the first quarter of 2026. That represents a 2.8 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Overnight visitors totalled 3.26 million, a 2.7 per cent increase compared to the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March visitor arrivals reached 1.43 million, up 10.1 per cent compared to the same month last year. Overnight visitors accounted for 72.7 per cent of arrivals in March, up 11.1 per cent, while the average length of stay was 3.31 days, down 4.5 per cent from a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainland China remained Singapore\u2019s largest source market during the quarter providing 913,370 visitors, followed by Indonesia (625,850), Malaysia (338,790), Australia (311,680), and India (246,940). Chinese arrivals were up 9.8 per cent year-on-year, while arrivals from Malaysia rose 8.5 per cent and those from Australia 1.2 per cent. Arrivals from Indonesia and India fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) reported that tourism receipts in Singapore reached a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/record-singapore-tourism-receipts-from-january-to-september-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record S$23.9bn (US$18.82bn) in the first three quarters<\/a>\u00a0of 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<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/12\/1640096670Macau-aeropuerto-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-surpasses-10-million-visitors-in-q1-secretary-for-economy-and-finance-says'>Macau surpassed 10 million visitors in Q1, secretary for Economy and Finance says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city-state saw 4.43 million international arrivals in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":21791,"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 recorded 4.43 million international visitor arrivals in Q1 2026, marking a 2.8% year-on-year increase, with Mainland China remaining the largest source market. The Singapore Tourism Board reported record tourism receipts of S$23.9bn in the first three quarters of 2025 and forecasts 17-18 million international visitors for 2026, projecting S$31bn-S$32.5bn in tourism receipts.","focusai_entities":"Singapore Tourism Board","focusai_location":"Singapore, Mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, India, Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IR GGR Impact?","query":"How do these Q1 2026 visitor numbers for Singapore specifically impact the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for its integrated resorts, considering source market shifts?"},{"label":"Capital Market Implications?","query":"What are the capital market implications of the forecasted S$31bn-S$32.5bn tourism receipts for 2026 on regional investment in leisure and entertainment, particularly for publicly traded integrated resort operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[169,24680],"class_list":["post-777040653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-singapore","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040653","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=777040653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040666,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040653\/revisions\/777040666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}