Visitor arrivals drop in May but remain above one million
The 1.11 million visitors that arrived in May is still more than double the arrivals a year ago.
Visitor arrivals dropped slightly in May but remained over a million, according to latest figures from the Singapore Tourism Analytics Network, a government agency website that references data from the Singapore Tourism Board.
A total of 1.11 million visitors entered the Lion City in May, official figures showed, based on the number of SG Arrival Cards collected during the month. This is 165.9% higher than a year ago, when Singapore recorded only 418.46 thousand arrivals.
The number of visitor arrivals, however, was lower than the 1.13 million arrivals recorded in April.
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In total, Singapore welcomed over 5.15 million visitors between January to May this year, 436.8% higher than the corresponding period in 2022.
Average length of stay for May is 51.6% lower, at just 3.9 days.
This number of overnight visitors, meanwhile, soared 504.5% to 3.88 million during the month.