SINGAPORE: Singapore saw a 21% construction in foreign guest arrivals to 16. 5 million last year, the number since the Covid pandemic, and the tourism board said it expects deeper expansion this year.
Arrivals in 2025 were expected to be between 17 million and 18. 5 million, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Tuesday in A, proceeding the recovery towards the pre-pandemic peak of 19. 1 million visitors in 2019.
The STB said it expects tourism to follow in 2024 at the end of its forecast of $27. 5 billion to $29. 0 billion ($20. 3 billion to $21. 4 billion), after a speed of $22. 4 billion in the first nine months of last year.
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If forecasts are made, tourism receipts would succeed at a record high, surpassing expenditures by $27. 7 billion in 2019.
Mainland China, Indonesia and India were the most sensible markets for arrivals in 2024, while visitors from mainland China, Indonesia and Australia were the most sensible spending resources, the STB said.
Changi Airport had an overall foreign headquarters capacity of more than 41 million, which is a 98% recovery from pre-pandemic 2019, the board said.