November’s number of visitors to Singapore was 1.1 million, which was flat on a monthly basis in comparison to October’s number of 1.13 million. According to the newest figures from the Singapore Tourism Board, figures for November show that the overall number of visitors to the city-state for the first 11 months of this year was 12.37 million, an increase of 130.2% compared to the previous year.
The number of visitors is almost close to pre-pandemic levels:
The total from January to November was approximately 71.1% of the identical time frame in the 2019 trading year before the pandemic, when Singapore recorded a number of 17.39 million visitors. On a related note, over the past month, China and Indonesia have retained their places as Singapore’s “top source“ markets for visitors. Throughout the same month, Indonesia received 183.890 tourists and Mainland China ranked second with a number of 104,280.
The number of arrivals from Indonesia to the aforementioned Singapore from January to November was 2.06 million, which is 74.4% of the identical time frame in 2019, when Singapore recorded 2.77 million from that country. As for Mainland China, it provided Singapore with 1.23 million tourists during the period of the first 11 months, approximately 36.7% of the identical time frame in 2019, when China contributed with 3.35 million tourists to the said country.
As for other visitor contributors during the same period of the first 11 months, they include India (977.480), Malaysia (985.350) and Australia (972.660).
As reported by GGRAsia, some casino-resorts that are famous and attract visitors in Singapore are:
- Marina Bay Sands, operated by a division of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Additionally, the same firm operates Sands China Ltd., part of a system with 6 operators in the Macau regulated market
- Resorts World Sentosa, managed by a division of Genting Singapore Ltd.
30-day visa-exemption scheme:
One of the goals of China and Singapore is to apply a joint 30-day visa-waiver scheme for certain tourists during early period of next year, the Dec.7 statement from the Prime Minister’s Office Singapore stated. The plan was part of over two dozen memoranda of agreements and understanding reached between the aforementioned countries, in the middle of a “bilateral meeting“ that Lawrence Wong, Singapore’s deputy prime minister, attended alongside Ding Xuexiang, China’s Vice Premier, in Tianjin, a city in Northern China.
However, at the moment, anyone holding a Mainland China passport and want to stop by Singapore must apply for a visa. In addition, at this time, Singapore residents have the right to enter Mainland China for 15 days without a visa for “most purposes.”