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Singapore’s tourism sector recovers strongly in 2022, visitor numbers expected to double in 2023

International arrivals exceed forecast to hit 6.3 million, tourism receipts reach an estimated $14 billion amid growing demand.

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s international visitor arrivals (IVA) reached 6.3 million in 2022 (~33 per cent of 2019 IVA), exceeding STB’s forecast of between 4 and 6 million visitors. Tourism receipts (TR) are estimated to reach $13.8 to $14.3 billion (~50 per cent to 52 per cent of 2019 TR). Barring unexpected circumstances, tourism activity is now expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024.

Mr Keith Tan , Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board (STB), said: “Our 2022 tourism performance underscores Singapore’s appeal as a leading business and leisure destination for post-pandemic travellers. To sustain our growth in 2023 and beyond, we will expand our partnerships, build up a rich year-round calendar of events, ramp up investment in new and refreshed products and experiences, and continue to support industry efforts to build the capabilities they need to meet consumer demands.”

2022 Tourism Performance

Visitor arrivals were driven by strong demand from Singapore’s key source markets, led by Indonesia (1.1 million), India (686,000) and Malaysia (591,000).

TR reached $8.96 billion between January to September 2022. The top TR generating markets were Indonesia, India and Australia, which contributed $1.1 billion, $704 million, and $633 million respectively in TR (excluding Sightseeing, Entertainment and Gaming).

Visitors are also spending more time in Singapore compared to before the pandemic. For the last three quarters of the year (April-December 2022) when Singapore no longer required quarantine for fully-vaccinated travellers, the average length of stay was approximately 4.81 days. This is a significant increase compared to 3.36 days for the same period in 2019.

Key Industry Performance

MICE and Leisure Events The resumption of MICE events picked up pace in 2022, following the easing of border restrictions and safe management measures. Marquee international events returned to Singapore, including Food and Hotel Asia – Food & Beverage and Food and Hotel Asia – HoReC a, which took place as two dedicated trade shows for the first time, ITB Asia, and Singapore Fintech Festival , which attracted a record turnout from over 115 countries. STB also secured new events like FIND: Design Fair Asia as well as Global Health Security Conference 2022 and the 14th World Stroke Congress , which reinforced Singapore’s leadership in key industry clusters.

Singapore’s calendar of leisure and sporting events also recovered strongly. The Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022 – held after a two-year hiatus – drew a record attendance of 302,000; the Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium also made its Southeast Asian debut. Regular crowd-pleasers such as the Singapore Food Festival , Christmas Wonderland , Christmas on A Great Street at Orchard Road , the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown and ZoukOut Singapore were all organised successfully and drew visitors from around the world.

Hotels Industry Performance Singapore’s hotel industry also posted an encouraging year due to stronger demand for leisure and business travel. From April to December 2022, the Average Occupancy Rate (AOR) was 79.1 per cent, compared to 87.3 per cent recorded in the same period in 2019. Average room rates during this period increased by 17 per cent to $260, while Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) increased by 6.2 per cent to $206.

Singapore welcomed a total of 465 new keys in 2022 with the opening of new hotels like the Citadines Connect City and Garden Pod @ Gardens By The Bay Centre. New brands like Hotel Telegraph ( formerly known as SO Singapore), Pullman Singapore Orchard (formerly known as Grand Park Orchard), voco Orchard Singapore (formerly known as Hilton Singapore at 581 Orchard Road) and Vibe Hotel Singapore Orchard (formerly known as Elizabeth Hotel) were also introduced. These investments underscored the private sector’s confidence in Singapore’s tourism prospects.

Cruise Industry Performance Singapore’s position as a regional cruise hub strengthened in 2022 with more than 230 ship calls. Passenger throughput was 1.2 million, which is about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The return of cruising was supported by the year-round deployment of Resorts World Cruises ’ Genting Dream and Royal Caribbean International ’s Quantum/Spectrum of the Seas. Following the resumption of sailings with ports of call in July, two new cruise lines made Singapore their seasonal homeport:

• STB ’s new three-year partnership with Silversea Cruises will see its ships homeport seasonally in Singapore till the 2024/2025 season, with Silver Muse kicking off the first sailing from Singapore in December 2022.
• TUI Cruises ‘ Mein Schiff 5 also returned to Southeast Asia in December 2022, starting their three-year seasonal homeport from Singapore and taking passengers to ports in Southeast Asia.

Singapore also welcomed the return of transit and turnaround sailings from Cunard, Seabourn Cruises, Viking Cruises, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises in 2022.

2022 Highlights

Branded Collaborations and Strategic Partnerships To keep Singapore top-of-mind and rebuild demand, STB scaled up its SingapoReimagine campaign across 17 markets. It also increased Singapore’s appeal to consumers through innovative partnerships.

For example, STB collaborated with media and entertainment companies such as Warner Bros. Discovery and Studio Dragon, as well as celebrities Billie Eilish, Charlie Puth and Jackson Wang to inspire travel to Singapore through authentic and creative storytelling. STB also forged strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Singapore Airlines, Scoot, CapitaLand, Expedia, Klook and Visa to promote Singapore, exchange insights and enhance the visitor experience.

Enhanced Destination Attractiveness Singapore welcomed new and enhanced experiences, including the Children’s Museum Singapore; Avatar: The Experience at Gardens by the Bay; Sentosa’s Night Luge, Scentopia, Wings of Time and Central Beach Bazaar ; a new gallery at ArtScience Museum’s Future World : “Exploring New Frontiers” ; A Minion’s Perspective Experience at Resorts World Sentosa; Mr Bucket Chocolaterie at Dempsey ; and the Singapore Night Safari ’s new amphitheatre and refreshed Creatures of the Night show. The Changi Bay Park Connector and the Rifle Range Nature Park were also opened, strengthening Singapore’s attractiveness as a City in Nature.

Singapore’s tour operators continued to introduce new and innovative tours, including the Seadog Kayak Sailing Tour by Kayak Fishing Fever, Letters From Blakang Mati by Woopa Travel as well as Hawker Fare: Little India Street Food Tour.

Becoming an Urban Wellness Haven and a Top Sustainable Destination To meet increasing demand for holistic wellness offerings, STB organised the inaugural Wellness Festival Singapore (WFS) in June 2022, which featured over 130 wellness activities and experiences over 10 days. STB also inked a partnership with global wellness platform ClassPass, onboarding more than 90 new wellness businesses across 167 locations.

To make wellness a key component of Singapore’s tourism offerings, STB launched an Expression-of-Interest (EOI) in November to develop a wellness attraction on the southern coast of Singapore.​

STB also made strides to help the tourism sector become more sustainable. A destination sustainability strategy for the tourism sector was developed in 2022 in line with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and our ambition to become a sustainable urban destination. Industry-specific roadmaps were developed for hotels and the MICE ecosystem, while the Tourism Sustainability Programme was launched to support tourism businesses in all stages of their sustainability journey.

2023 Outlook

STB expects the tourism sector to continue its growth momentum this year, on the back of increasing flight connectivity and capacity, and China’s gradual reopening. International visitor arrivals are expected to reach around 12 to 14 million visitors, bringing in approximately $18 to 21 billion in tourism receipts – around two-thirds to three-quarters of the levels in 2019.

In the meantime, STB will continue efforts to increase Singapore’s destination attractiveness. STB will support the development of new and refreshed offerings in 2023, such as Bird Paradise @ Mandai Wildlife Reserve, and new experiences in Orchard Road such as the Trifecta integrated sports facility.

To support tourism recovery, STB will front load $110 million of the $500 million set aside for Singapore’s tourism recovery to ramp up business and leisure events over these two years.

STB will continue to attract more high-quality MICE events, such as the Herbalife APAC Extravaganza 2023 and the 25th World Congress of Dermatology 2023. On the leisure events front, 2023 has already kicked off strongly with Art SG, Southeast Asia’s largest ever art fair as part of the Singapore Art Week, and Sail GP, which made its Asian debut last week. New events like the Olympic Esports Week and Professional Triathletes Organisation Asian Open will also take place in Singapore for the first time.

To increase Singapore’s mindshare, STB will ramp up the SingapoReimagine campaign in all our key markets through creative activations, content and partnerships. This will be augmented by the SingapoReimagine Marketing Programme (SMP) to help local tourism and lifestyle businesses promote Singapore while also raising their marketing capabilities.

To support the pace of recovery, STB will continue to help the tourism sector ramp up hiring. As of September 2022, the total tourism workforce is around 65,000 – about 78 per cent of 2019 levels. STB will continue to support manpower needs through the Tourism Careers Hub, which has placed more than 500 workers in the tourism sector since its launch in 2022 by providing career coaching, skills upgrading and job matching. STB will also continue to support digital transformation for the industry through Tcube, which has already helped more than 1,000 local tourism companies through its various programmes.

Vicky Karantzavelou

Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Network where she is the Editor-in Chief. She is also responsible for the daily operation and the financial policy. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Business Administration from the Technical University of Athens and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Wales. She has many years of both academic and industrial experience within the travel industry. She has written/edited numerous articles in various tourism magazines.

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Singapore received 1.5 million visitors in the first half of 2022, an increase of nearly 12 times compared to the same period last year.

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SINGAPORE: Visitor arrivals to Singapore are expected to increase to between 4 million and 6 million this year as global travel picks up pace, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday (Jul 14).

The projection comes amid the easing of COVID-19 related border restrictions globally, and pent-up demand for travel.

Latest figures showed that Singapore logged 1.5 million visitor arrivals in the first half of the year, nearly 12 times more compared to the same period in 2021.

Indonesia, which accounted for 282,000 arrivals, was the top source of visitors, followed by India (219,000), Malaysia (139,000), Australia (125,000) and Philippines (81,000).

Together, they accounted for 56 per cent of Singapore's visitor arrivals between January and June 2022.

STB also said that the average length of stay for visitors more than doubled in the first half of 2022 – at about 7.1 days compared to 3.4 days in 2019.

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"strong pent-up demand".

Singapore's tourism industry has been battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With borders around the world closing and authorities putting up travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19, Singapore's visitor arrivals plummeted more than 80 per cent year-on-year to 2.7 million in 2020, and plunged further to 330,000 visitor arrivals in 2021. 

In 2019, Singapore hosted a record 19.1 million visitors , and tourism receipts amounted to S$27.7 billion.

The tourism board said that it continues to expect that tourism flows will recover to pre-COVID levels by the mid-2020s.

“The encouraging growth in visitor arrivals and tourism receipts signals strong pent-up demand, and underscore Singapore’s continued appeal as a vibrant and attractive destination for leisure and business travellers," said STB chief executive Keith Tan.

"While the pandemic is certainly not over yet, we are confident that Singapore’s very rich calendar of events, as well as new and refreshed tourism offerings, will continue to attract visitors for the rest of 2022 and beyond."

Singapore's roster of events includes the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022 , Tour de France Singapore Criterium and Sail Grand Prix. 

Tourism receipts reached an estimated S$1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2022, a 213 per cent year-on-year increase over the same period last year. Visitors from Indonesia were the top spenders, followed by India and China.

Looking ahead, STB said that the tourism sector may face some headwinds for the rest of the year because of the volatile global political and economic environment, as well as the evolving health situation.

"STB will continue to develop the tourism sector with new offerings and refreshed concepts to strengthen Singapore’s appeal as an attractive destination."

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S'pore expects 4 to 6 million visitors in 2022; top visitor markets are Indonesia, India and Malaysia

SINGAPORE - As global travel picks up, four to six million visitors will be expected in Singapore this year, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday (July 14).

In the first half of 2022, there were 1.5 million visitor arrivals - nearly 12 times more, compared with the same period last year.

The top five visitor markets were Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Australia and the Philippines, accounting for more than half the total visitor arrivals from January to June.

Visitors from Indonesia, India and Malaysia, in particular, registered the highest year-on-year growth in numbers.

The average length of stay for visitors also more than doubled in the first half of the year, with visitors staying for about 7.1 days, compared with 3.4 days in 2019.

Tourism receipts reached an estimated $1.3 billion in the first quarter of the year, more than 200 per cent more than for the same period last year.

However, STB said tourism flows will face some challenges for the rest of the year because of the volatile global political and economic environment, and the evolving health situation.

STB said: "We remain cautiously optimistic and anticipate a strong performance from key source markets this year, given a strong pipeline of events such as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022 and the Bloomberg New Economy Forum."

Just before the pandemic, Singapore saw record visitor arrivals in 2019 with 19.1 million arrivals. In 2018, visitor arrivals  hit 18.5 million. 

Though STB’s projection of four to six million is a fraction of pre-pandemic numbers, Professor Lawrence Loh from the National University of Singapore Business School said it still shows a “notable momentum” for the recovering tourism industry. 

“We are reaching a point where we are seeing a potential ignition or catalysis of international travel,” said Prof Loh. 

“It’s very respectable, given that we really started opening up only towards the mid-year... Looking ahead to next year and the years to come, it augurs well for Singapore’s international visitor arrivals,” he added. 

Booking platform Klook has already seen close to a 150 per cent increase in inbound bookings to Singapore. Aside from source markets such as Indonesia, India and Malaysia, Klook has seen robust interest from other countries in the region, such as the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

General manager for Klook in Singapore, Ms Sarah Wan, expects this trend to continue towards the year-end travel season.

“In the past two years, Singapore has been successful at protecting its tourism infrastructure, which has helped it strongly capture this first wave of revenge travel in Asia,” said Ms Wan. 

“With the revival of events, as well as other facets of our tourism landscape such as cruises, our outlook remains optimistic for this year,” she said. She added that Singapore’s recovery continues to outpace the region's, especially when it comes to high-value visitors, with a 75 per cent increase in average spend, as compared with 2019. 

Experts like Mr Paul Kent, partner for advisory at KPMG in Singapore, said a game changer for Singapore has been the major events that it has managed to attract here. 

“Convincing international players to host large numbers of visitors in Singapore has been an endorsement for the country,” said Mr Kent. 

“It essentially communicates to the world that Singapore is one of the safest countries in the world with good Covid-19 protocols, while also being a place of interest in Asia... For instance, the nation has been described as a microcosm of modern Asia and a stress-free travel destination.” 

Despite the forecast, he said, it does not mean Singapore is out of the woods, as restrictions in Singapore could still be tightened should the Covid-19 situation worsen. 

He added: “We’re also seeing global inflation posing great concerns, with the market taking a more cautious viewpoint that a recession might be coming soon. Eyes will be on the various policy measures put in place to manage these challenges - all of which have implications for private and business spending, alongside general economic recovery.”

STB chief executive Keith Tan said the encouraging growth in visitor arrivals and tourism receipts signal strong pent-up demand, and underscore Singapore's continued appeal as a vibrant and attractive destination for leisure and business travellers.

He said: "While the pandemic is certainly not over yet, we are confident that Singapore's very rich calendar of events, as well as new and refreshed tourism offerings, will continue to attract visitors for the rest of 2022 and beyond."

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2022 Singapore Tourism Statistics Revealed Who Visited Singapore the Most

• Written By MJ Afsary,
• This article was first published on January 8, 2023,
• and last updated on 8 months ago
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The tourism industry in Singapore is complicated but very profitable because it is made up of many different economic sectors. Singapore’s tourism industry is one of the most profitable parts of the local economy. It supports 164,000 jobs and makes up 4% of the country’s GDP. So, the numbers say what they need to say.

So, how did Singapore’s tourism business grow? How many people went to this country as tourists in 2022? And what does tourism do to the economy as a whole? To answer these questions, we’ll show you statistics about the tourism industry in Singapore.

General Singapore Tourism Statistics for 2022

Singapore’s borders reopened on April 1, 2022 , as part of the Vaccinated Travel Framework. At the beginning of the year, the city’s tourism board (STB) made a statement about the number of international visitors (IVA). Singapore thinks that between 4 and 6 million people will visit in 2022, as international tourism grows. The results were also good news.

• In 2022, more than 5.37 million people from all over the world went to Singapore. The number of visitors grew by 2,164.9% each year (YoY)
• There were about 906,900 Indonesian tourists
• 4.03 million people stayed overnight in Singapore (million)
• Till the November of 2022, the average length of stay for tourists from other countries was 5.19 days

Foreign nationals apply for the Singapore Visa in 2022

A passport and an entry visa to Singapore are not the same thing. If you have a valid visa for Singapore , you are allowed to travel to Singapore and apply for an entry with SGAC . The Singapore High Commission only accepts business and tourist visas. Also, according to Finance Minister Lawrence Wong, the country is not turning away foreign workers and professionals, but is instead adjusting how they are hired to make sure they work in areas where there aren’t enough workers.

The good news is that with the help of Singapore Visa Online, you can get your Singapore visa online in as few as three to five business days. The Singapore eVisa will save applicants time as they will no longer need to submit a paper application or attend an in-person interview at a consulate or embassy.

International Visitors by Country Arriving in Singapore for 2022

The given information paints a picture of a city with a lot of tourists. From January to November 2022, people from the following countries went to Singapore the most:

• Indonesia: 906.9k
• India: 612.3k
• Malaysia: 495.47k
• Australia: 476.48k
• Philippines: 325.48k
• Vietnam: 285.05k
• The USA: 264.75k
• Thailand: 247.38k
• The UK: 193.68k
• South Korea: 185.69k
• China: 111.18k
• Germany: 1110.06k
• Hong Kong SAR: 102.02k
• Others: 945.18k

International Visitors to Singapore by Month

Now that you know which countries sent the most visitors to Singapore, I’ll break down the yearly totals by season (January through November).

• January 2022 - 57,174 arrivals
• February 2022 - 67,764 arrivals
• March 2022 - 121,207 arrivals
• April 2022 - 295,095 arrivals
• May 2022 - 418,458 arrivals
• June 2022 - 534,733 arrivals
• July 2022 - 726,602 arrivals
• August 2022 - 729,601 arrivals
• September 2022 - 782,080 arrivals
• October 2022 - 816,764 arrivals
• November 2022 - 816,250 arrivals
• December 2022 - 820,155 arrivals

Average Length of Stay in Singapore for International Arrivals

• January 2022: 18.9 days
• February 2022: 16.9 days
• March 2022: 12.5 days
• April 2022: 7.3 days
• May 2022: 6.1 days
• June 2022: 5.7 days
• July 2022: 5.1 days
• August 2022: 4.9 days
• September 2022: 3.4 days
• October 2022: 3.6 days
• November 2022: 4.1 days
• December 2022 - 5.2 days

International Visitor Arrivals By Sex and Age

Creating a good image of the destination can have an effect on tourists. Sex and age are the most important factors of a tourist destination for the number of international visitors. Let’s look at the big picture:

• Female: Total of 2,544,620 female arrivals in Singapore (around 2.5 million female arrivals)
• Male: Total of 2,829,190 male arrivals in Singapore (around 2.8 million arrivals)

By Age Group

• Under 15 Years: 431,351 visitors
• 15-19 Years: 170,420 visitors
• 20-24 Years: 405,960 visitors
• 25-34 Years: 1,390,000 visitors
• 35-44 Years: 1,150,000 visitors
• 45-54 Years: 838,830 visitors
• 55-64 Years: 601,890 visitors
• 65 & Over: 389,960 visitors

Singapore Arrivals by Mode of Transport

About 4.6 million people from outside the country flew on commercial flights in 2022. In that year, when Singapore reopened its borders to the rest of the world, there was a sudden rise in air travel.

• Arrivals via Air: 4,642,610 (Around 4.6 million arrivals)
• Arrivals via Sea: 441,123
• Arrivals via Land: 294,057

Singapore Hotel Statistics for 2022

People who are on the road need a place to sleep. Read on to learn more about the hotel business in 2022. Be careful, though, because the results might surprise you.

I should make it clear that these numbers are only for hotels that are listed in the official gazette.

Average Singapore Hotel Occupancy Rate in 2022

At that time, more rooms were being used, so a higher percentage means that more rooms were being used.

• Jan 2022: 59%
• February 2022: 64%
• March 2022: 60%
• April 2022: 67%
• May 2022: 73%
• June 2022: 78%
• July 2022: 79%
• August 2022: 77%
• September 2022: 83%
• October 2022: 85%
• November 2022: 87%
• December 2022: 92%

Rooms that are being fixed up or that are being used by staff are not included.

• Jan 2022: 962.68K
• February 2022: 883.23K
• March 2022: 1.34M
• April 2022: 1.33M
• May 2022: 1,44M
• June 2022: 1,58M
• July 2022: 1,55M
• August 2022: 1,62M
• September 2022: 1.65M
• October 2022: 1.71M
• November 2022: 1.63M
• December 2022: 1.72M

Singapore Tourism Receipts during the Pandemic

COVID-19 has had a big impact on the growth and development of economies around the world. This is not a secret. This is especially true in the business of travel and tourism. Next, we’ll look at tourism before, during, and after the outbreak:

Tourism Receipts per Major Component for 2019

For 2019, tourism receipts equaled 27.69B (billion) dollars, an 2.77% increase from 2018.

• Shopping: 5.64B (billion)
• Accommodation: 5.53B
• Food and Beverages: 2.5B
• Sightseeing, Entertainment, and Gaming: 6.0B
• Other major components not listed (airfare, port taxes, etc.): 8.03B

Tourism Receipts per Major Component for 2020

For 2020, tourism receipts equaled 4.83B (billion) dollars, an 82.56% decrease from 2020.

• Shopping: 1702.93M (million)
• Accommodation: 1.02B (billion)
• Food and Beverages: 453.67M
• Sightseeing, Entertainment, and Gaming: 951.27M
• Other major components not listed (airfare, port taxes, etc.): 1.7B

Tourism Receipts per Major Component for 2021

For 2021, tourism receipts equaled 1.89B (billion) dollars, a 60.79% decrease from 2020.

• Shopping: 174.42M (million)
• Accommodation: 580.44M
• Food and Beverages: 192.46M
• Sightseeing, Entertainment, and Gaming: 223.26M
• Other major components not listed (airfare, port taxes, etc.): 723.05M

Tourism Receipts per Major Component for the 2022

Looking at the tourism receipts for 2022, we can see an enormous increase from 2021.

• Shopping: 899.36M (million)
• Accommodation: 1.05B
• Food and Beverages: 367.5M
• Sightseeing, Entertainment, and Gaming: 751.56M
• Other major components not listed (airfare, port taxes, etc.): 1.42B

What are Singapore's Traditional Incoming Markets, and How will that Change Post-COVID?

Over the course of 2022, global COVID rules and travel restrictions have been gradually lifted. As a result, we should expect a steady rise in tourism to several major places around the world, including Singapore. The economy, along with everything else, eventually returned to normal. Singapore has been successful for a long time because of its overall Traditional Incoming Market framework.

Singapore’s economy is open and heavily based on trade. It is a key link in the supply chain worldwide. Singapore has mostly open investment strategies and a strong free market economy. At the same time, Singapore’s government takes an active role in managing and keeping the economy growing. It also supports open investment policies and a strong free market economy. The country has some of the strictest laws in the world against corruption, and they are being followed strictly.

There has been a lot of foreign investment in the petrochemical, electronic, pharmaceutical, machinery and equipment, and services sectors of Singapore’s manufacturing sector (financial, trade, and business). By giving companies tax breaks, funding for research and development (R&D), and chances to work with local research institutions, the government is trying to make the country a hub for R&D and innovation around the world.

Singapore’s digital innovation, pharmaceutical manufacturing, environmental sustainability, and cybersecurity sectors are likely to get more foreign investments in the future. Singapore’s government is putting a lot of money into AI, robotics, integrated systems, and protecting the environment in order to make the country a hub for these technologies in Southeast Asia. Also, Singapore has always been a place where research and medical technology are made and developed.

Post COVID-19 Scenario

Even though it’s hard to predict inbound tourism, we can guess how Singapore’s usual inbound markets will change after the covid.

34% of Singapore’s workers are from outside the country, which makes the country very dependent on them. After the first COVID-19 pandemic outbreak was found in dormitories where low-wage immigrant workers in the construction and maritime industries lived, strict quarantine rules almost put an end to the construction industry. The Singaporean government had cut most businesses’ quotas for mid-skilled and low-skilled foreign workers in 2020. This was done to encourage businesses to be more efficient and hire more Singaporeans. After COVID-19, it impacted the overall economic growth of 2022.

The tourism industry was one of the first to feel the effects of the pandemic, since almost all tourism operations around the world had to stop so that the virus could be stopped. But things turned out differently in 2022, when Singapore became a top tourist destination. In 2022, some tourists may even plan a stopover in Singapore just to see the city’s many sights.

Before the epidemic, China was the most important market for Singapore to sell to. China dropped from number one on the list of most visited countries in 2019 to number eleven in 2022. This is because between 2019 and 2022, the number of visitors to China had dropped by 98.2%. Japan used to be sixth, but now it’s not even on the list of top countries that come here. But the strict covid laws were a major reason why Chinese and Japanese international tourism is going down.

There is now no reason to think that tourists from the rest of the industry’s traditional markets will stop coming to Singapore. The number of people coming from these top countries has gone up a lot from one month to the next, and the numbers show that this is likely to keep happening. And based on what we’ve learned, we think that the tourism industry will continue to grow beyond 2022.

Final Words

Based on the information below, we can see that Singapore’s tourism industry started to grow again in 2022, after two long years. STB wants to keep growing Singapore’s tourism industry by coming up with new ideas and products. Tourism is still Singapore’s fastest-growing business because it can create jobs, bring in money from other countries, and help develop many different parts of the country.

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International visitor arrivals and tourism receipts reached 330,000 and $1.9 billion [1] , with encouraging growth amid continued border restrictions

Singapore, 25 January 2022 – Singapore’s international visitor arrivals (IVA) and tourism receipts (TR) reached 330,000 and an estimated $1.9 billion[2] respectively in 2021.

While these numbers represent only a fraction of Singapore’s tourism performance prior to the pandemic, there have been encouraging signs of recovery in the tourism sector, with year-on-year growth in the last three quarters of 2021. The introduction of various travel arrangements, such as Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTLs), has encouraged the gradual return of international travellers. Domestic consumption has also been strong, as the tourism sector pivoted to develop new and innovative experiences for locals.

Mr Keith Tan, Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board (STB), said: “While it will take time for tourism numbers to return to pre-pandemic levels, we are encouraged by the resilience of our tourism businesses, and their commitment to preserve good jobs, transform their businesses, and invest in new products and experiences. These efforts will strengthen Singapore’s appeal as we prepare to welcome more international visitors.

“We must anticipate setbacks and challenges even as the tourism industry recovers slowly. But I am confident that the tourism industry has learnt from its experiences, and is poised to recapture demand when it returns.”

2021 Tourism Performance

Singapore’s tourism sector recorded overall year-on-year declines in IVA and TR, largely due to the effect of strong tourism performance in the first two months of 2020[3]. IVA increased 221 per cent in the last three quarters of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020.  TR for the second and third quarter of 2021 is 92 per cent higher than the same period in 2020.

Between January and December 2021, 330,000 international visitors arrived in Singapore. China (88,000), India (54,000) and Indonesia (33,000) were the top three visitor source markets in 2021.

Between January and September 2021[4], TR reached $1.2 billion. Visitors from China, Indonesia and India contributed $432 million, $127 million and $58 million in TR (excluding Sightseeing, Entertainment and Gaming)[5] respectively.

Stimulating Domestic Consumption

During this period, the tourism sector adapted to focus on domestic tourism, supported by STB initiatives such as the SingapoRediscovers campaign and the SingapoRediscovers Vouchers (SRV) scheme, which were both launched in 2020, as well as a range of new partnerships.

By the end of the SRV scheme on 31 December 2021, about 1.9 million Singaporeans have used their vouchers at least once, making about 2.6 million transactions. Close to $300 million in SRV transactions were recorded, comprising close to $180 million in vouchers and about $120 million in out-of-pocket payments for SRV bookings.

Key partnerships to support domestic tourism included a collaboration with Mastercard on the “Rediscover Priceless® Singapore” campaign - which leveraged consumer insights, spending behaviour and trends to promote local tourism businesses.

As part of our existing three-year partnership with DBS, STB also tapped on DBS’s data analytics capabilities to curate itineraries, destination content and promotions, to encourage locals to explore Singapore.

Key Industry Performance

Hotels Industry Performance

In 2021, several new hotels with unique lifestyle concepts opened in Singapore, such as The Clan, Maxwell Reserve and Oasia Resort Sentosa. These additions complement existing hotels that used this period to refresh or rebrand their properties, such as Hilton Singapore (reopening as voco Orchard Singapore in 2022) and Mandarin Orchard (reopening as Hilton Singapore Orchard in 2022).

To appeal to the domestic market, other hotels introduced unique staycation and guest experiences. For example, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore launched the world’s only augmented reality (AR) hotel art tour for visitors to interact virtually with art pieces by globally-renowned artists such as Dale Chihuly and Frank Stella. Grand Hyatt Singapore also partnered with homegrown sports apparel brand Kydra and local organic food producers for its Recharge Wellness Retreat, to cater to the growing demand for sustainability and wellness experiences.

From January to December 2021, Singapore’s hotel industry registered an Average Occupancy Rate (AOR) of 56.2 per cent. This is a slight decrease of 1.1 percentage point compared to the previous year, when AOR was reinforced by strong tourism performance in the first two months of 2020. Average Room Rate increased slightly by 2.7 per cent to $158, while Revenue per Available Room held steady at $89.

MICE and Leisure Events

The resumption of MICE[6] events picked up pace in 2021, following the introduction of the Safe Business Events Framework in 2020. In 2021, Singapore hosted more than 200 MICE events with almost 50,000 local and international attendees. These included pilot events to testbed new protocols, such as the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Industrial Transformation Asia Pacific 2021, Milken Institute Asia Summit and the 50th St Gallen Symposium.

STB will continue to build up the pipeline of significant MICE events for 2022 and beyond, including some multi-year events. Notable ones include FIND – Design Fair Asia (2022–2024), Gastech 2023, Global Health Security Conference 2022, 60th International Young Lawyers' Congress 2022, Seafood Expo 2022, SILMO Singapore (2023–2025), transport logistic and air cargo 2023, World One Health Congress 2022 and the World Congress of Dermatology 2023.

Leisure and lifestyle events that STB supported in 2021 included the Dale Chihuly: Glass in Bloom exhibition at Gardens by the Bay and the international premiere of Pop-Up Disney! A Mickey Celebration. STB also supported the Mobile Legends Bang Bang M3 World Championship in December 2021, and the HSBC Women’s World Championship at Sentosa – the first international professional golf tournament in Asia, and first to have corporate hospitality suites in Singapore since the start of the pandemic. STB will expand the range and scale of such lifestyle and leisure events in 2022, to meet local demand and ensure that Singapore remains attractive to international visitors. One example will be the upcoming series of ONE Championship events in 2022.

Tours Industry Performance

The local tours industry performed well in 2021, with close to 320,000 local participants and strong month-on-month growth for most of the year. STB also launched the Tour Experience Innovation Lab (TEIL) and partnered other agencies to encourage the growth of new and innovative tour products.

Under TEIL, STB partnered the National Arts Council (NAC) for the Performing Arts Tours Pilot Grant, to help tour operators and arts practitioners develop innovative performing arts tours. Five new tours were borne out of this pilot grant.[7]

Under TEIL, STB also worked closely with the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) and tour operators to develop a series of sustainability- and heritage-themed tours, SentoSights, which showcase a different side of Sentosa. 10 new SentoSights tours were launched, focusing on heritage, sustainability, marine conservation and biodiversity.[8]

Attractions Industry Performance

The attractions industry worked hard to create new experiences to attract locals. For example, Wild Wild Wet introduced new concepts such as its version of a Songkran Festival[9], while Kidztopia had special unlimited entry passes to drive weekday demand.

Singapore also welcomed new attractions such as the Museum of Ice Cream and SkyHelix Sentosa. Existing attractions used this period to refresh their offerings or introduce new ones, which included Haw Par Villa’s Hell’s Museum, the Brickosaurs World at Singapore Zoo and River Wonders, ArtScience Museum’s new permanent Virtual Reality (VR) gallery, Madame Tussaud’s Singapore: Marvel Universe display, National Orchid Garden’s Tropical Montane Orchidetum, and Gardens by the Bay’s Orchid Haven.

There is also a series of new attractions in the pipeline. For example, the Jewel-rassic Quest, a ticketed AR experience at Jewel Changi Airport’s Canopy Park and Shiseido Forest Valley, is slated to launch in 2022. Using immersive AR technology, users will be transported 89 million years into the past on a quest, where they will complete activities and interact with dinosaurs along the way.

Cruise Industry Performance

The cruise industry rebounded strongly following the start of “cruises-to-nowhere” in late 2020. Since then, Singapore’s cruise industry saw over 400,000 domestic passengers set sail on close to 300 cruise sailings.

With the implementation of STB’s CruiseSafe certification programme and strong support from both Dream Cruises and Royal Caribbean International, there have been no COVID-19 clusters on board the two cruise ships to date.

Looking Ahead

STB will continue to ramp up efforts in our key source markets and deepen engagements with our tourism partners to capture growth and inspire travel to Singapore.

For example, STB will work with Singapore Airlines and the Changi Airport Group on the “Welcome Back to Singapore” campaign to instil travel confidence among international travellers. The campaign has been launched in Germany and India after VTLs were established with these two markets. It will be progressively launched in more markets including Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Korea.

In 2021, STB stepped up efforts around the world to strengthen Singapore’s mindshare as a top destination in the minds of avid travellers who found themselves unable to travel. In 2022, STB will continue these efforts through in-market partnerships, such as with Airbnb Experiences, Studio Dragon, and for the SingapoReimagine ULTRAMAN video series. In retail, STB will continue to collaborate with Made With Passion[10] Singapore brands, as well as brands in key markets such as India.

Ramping up our focus on urban wellness and sustainability

We are heartened to see more tourism businesses adopt sustainable practices, in line with Singapore’s aspiration to be a top sustainable and innovative urban destination.

In 2021, STB became a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), while Resorts World Sentosa became the first tourism business in Southeast Asia to secure GSTC Destination Criteria and Industry Criteria for Hotels certification. Mandai Wildlife Group also introduced its Mandai Environmental Sustainability Strategy and green procurement roadmap.

Meanwhile, STB is working closely with the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA) to develop a hotel sustainability roadmap with strategies and targets for the industry, which will be launched later this year.

To support our push towards becoming a leading urban wellness haven, we established a 5-year roadmap which identified key strategies and initiatives to develop Singapore’s wellness offerings. As part of this roadmap, we are pursuing strategic partnerships with industry stakeholders such as ClassPass, as well as launching an inaugural wellness festival in June 2022 to promote and increase the accessibility of Singapore’s wellness offerings.

Ensuring a pipeline of quality tourism workers

Even as we prepare for recovery, STB will focus on preserving good jobs and investing in future tourism growth by building up key manpower capabilities.  

STB – together with the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Hospitality and Consumer Business Cluster unions[11], Workforce Singapore (WSG) and e2i, and the support of key Trade Associations[12]– will launch the Tourism Careers Hub in 2022 to provide training and skills upgrading for tourism workers and businesses, as well as support for individuals interested in pursuing tourism careers.

The Tourism Careers Hub will focus on three areas: (1) job matching within the tourism sector; (2) developing industry-specific capabilities to prepare the tourism workforce for recovery; and (3) encouraging technology transformation and business innovation to seize new growth opportunities.

More details about the Tourism Careers Hub will be announced soon.

STB Year in Review 2021

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[1] Preliminary estimates based on existing border restrictions due to Omicron; actual full-year tourism receipts will be available at a later date.

[2] Preliminary estimates based on existing border restrictions due to Omicron; actual full-year tourism receipts will be available at a later date.  

[3] In the first two months of 2020, Singapore received 2.4 million international visitor arrivals. In 2020, overall IVA stood at 2.7 million while TR reached $4.8 billion.

[4] Full year tourism receipts for 2021 will be available from 2Q 2022.

[5] Sightseeing, Entertainment & Gaming have been excluded in the country analysis due to commercial sensitivity of information.

[6] Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE)

[7] The five tours borne out of the Performing Arts Tours Pilot Grant are: Somewhere in Time – A Journey Through Tanjong Pagar; Voices: Memories of Kampong Lorong Buangkok; Katong Vignettes; The Secret Life of Haw Par Villa; and rewalk: Telok Ayer. These tours are available progressively from November 2021.

[8] These tours are: Letters from Blakang Mati; Magical Discovery @ Sentosa; Immersive Rainforest Trails; East Asian Flyway (Introduction to Birdwatching); Sentosa Naturalist Night Adventure; Sentosa Intertidal Exploration; Serapong Trail; A Taste of Time Travel: Exploring 1870s Fort Serapong; Sentosa Sunset Cruise; Escape from St John’ Island

[9] The Songkran is a traditional Thai New Year festival, which uses water to express goodwill, love, compassion, and thankfulness.

[10] Made With Passion is a national initiative that showcases and celebrates local lifestyle brands and the passion behind them.

[11] Hospitality and Consumer Business Cluster unions include the Attractions, Resorts and Entertainment Union; Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union; and The Singapore Manual & Mercantile Workers' Union.

[12] Association of Attractions (ASA), National Association of Travel Agents (NATAS), Singapore Hotels Association (SHA), Singapore Association of Convention & Exhibition Organisers & Suppliers (SACEOS), Society of Tourist Guides Singapore (STGS).

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Singapore’s tourist arrivals expected to hit 4m to 6m in 2022

INTERNATIONAL visitor arrivals to Singapore are expected to reach 4 million to 6 million for the full year as travel recovers amid eased Covid-19 curbs, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday (Jul 14).

For the first half of the year, visitor numbers hit 1.5 million, more than 12 times the year-ago figure of 119,000. Total tourism receipts in the first quarter came in at an estimated S$1.3 billion, up 213 per cent from the same period last year.

While the latest numbers remain a fraction of pre-pandemic figures, STB expects that tourism will recover to pre-Covid levels “by the mid-2020s”.

The latest forecast means that Singapore’s tourism performance in 2022 will better that of 2020 – the first year of the pandemic – when full-year visitor arrivals were 2.74 million, down 85.7 per cent from 2019.

Alan Cheong, head of research at Savills Singapore, said that STB’s mid-2020s recovery projection is also his baseline, considering that the improving tourism numbers in recent months are still a far cry from pre-Covid numbers.

“It’s a bridge too far for tourism to recover by next year, or even the end of next year,” he said.

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Wong Xian Yang, head of research at Cushman & Wakefield, noted that the target aligns with the International Air Transport Association’s forecast for passenger levels in the Asia-Pacific region to recover in 2025.

“Given that regional borders in some countries in the Asia-Pacific have not yet fully reopened, the recovery for tourism will be a prolonged one,” he said.

RHB analyst Vijay Natarajan said that he agreed that the mid-2020s target was reasonable, but that it might be “on the conservative side”.

“The only market that has been missing is Greater China (which prior to Covid accounted for about 24 per cent of total arrivals), and we believe there’s a possibility of China opening up in the later half of next year or by 2024, which should result in tourist numbers reaching pre-Covid levels,” he said.

Singapore took a major step forward on Apr 1, reopening its border with the launch of its Vaccinated Travel Framework. In the first half of the year, Indonesia accounted for the most international visitors, with about 281,550, followed by India, Malaysia, Australia and the Philippines. Together, the five countries accounted for 56 per cent of tourist arrivals.

Indonesia, India and Malaysia also recorded the largest absolute year-on-year growth in visitors, with numbers growing by about 286,000, 204,000 and 132,000 respectively.

The average length of stay for visitors more than doubled in H1 2022 to 7.1 days, up from 3.4 days in pre-pandemic 2019.

Excluding sightseeing, entertainment and gaming data, Indonesia, India and China were the top three sources of tourism receipts in Q1 2022, contributing 32 per cent.

Among the top 10 sources of tourism receipts, Indonesia and India registered the highest year-on-year absolute growth of S$95 million or 187 per cent, and S$97 million or 376 per cent respectively.

All major components of tourism receipts recorded growth on the year, with shopping and accommodation leading with 373 per cent and 344 per cent respectively.

“Tourism flows will face some headwinds for the rest of the year because of the volatile global political and economic environment, as well as the evolving health situation,” said STB. However, it added that it remained “cautiously optimistic” and anticipates a strong performance from key source markets this year, given a strong pipeline of events and new and rejuvenated offerings.

Keith Tan, chief executive of STB, said: “The encouraging growth in visitor arrivals and tourism receipts signals strong pent-up demand, and underscore Singapore’s continued appeal as a vibrant and attractive destination for leisure and business travellers.”

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Statistics on " Tourism and hotel industry in Singapore "

• International tourist arrivals in Asia 2020, by country
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• Number of people employed in accommodation and food services Singapore 2013-2022
• Tourism receipts of Singapore 2022, by country
• Tourism receipts per capita Singapore 2013-2022
• Distribution of tourism receipts in Singapore 2022, by main components
• Number of international visitor arrivals in Singapore 2013-2022
• International visitor arrival numbers Singapore 2022, by mode of arrival
• Average length of stay of inbound arrivals Singapore 2013-2022
• Frequency of visits to Singapore 2019
• Number of hotels and similar establishments Singapore 2011-2020
• Number of rooms in hotels and similar establishments Singapore 2011-2020
• Hotel room revenue in Singapore 2013-2022
• Revenue per available hotel room (RevPar) in Singapore 2013-2022
• Standard average occupancy rate (AOR) in Singapore 2013-2022
• Accommodation choices of visitors to Singapore 2019
• Main purpose of international visits to Singapore 2019
• Distribution of international visits to free tourist attractions Singapore 2019
• Most popular shopping items purchased by international tourists in Singapore 2019
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• Tourism receipts Singapore Q1 2019-Q2 2023
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Hotel industry

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Time Management Skills and Academic Performance of Working Students of Tourism Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines

Vol.3, no.1c.

• Ivan Craig D. Ballos Bestlink College of the Philippines
• Kyle B. Leanda Bestlink College of the Philippines
• Jessa D. Santiago Bestlink College of the Philippines
• Samantha L. Sonza Bestlink College of the Philippines
• Mary Joy V. Zuniega Bestlink College of the Philippines

This study identifies and examines the time management skills and academic performance of tourism working students at Bestlink College of the Philippines. Questionnaires were distributed to working students in Bestlink College of the Philippines S.Y. 2021-2022. Several challenges discussed in this research are the extent of time management skills, academic performance based on their last two semesters' general weighted average, and exemplars proposed to improve time management and academic performance. 

This study used a descriptive research design and the sample was purposive sampling technique. The statistical tools used in this study are descriptive statistics, including the mean, percentage, and frequency in analyzing the data. The results show that the challenge that affects the academic performance of tourism working students is the lack of time management. However, students can still maintain a passing average.

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