Indian visitors to Singapore show second highest growth rate

MUMBAI: Visitors from India recorded the second largest growth rate to Singapore, driven by demand from smaller cities.

According to figures released by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) Friday, visitor numbers from India to Singapore grew by 8 per cent in 2016 compared to the previous year. India followed China whose visitors to Singapore grew by 36 per cent and beat Indonesia which grew by 6 per cent.

"The growth was due to more visitor arrivals from Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in China, India and Indonesia, where STB had intensified its marketing efforts. India also overtook Australia to become Singapore’s 4th largest source market for visitor arrivals," said a statement from the board.


In terms of tourism receipts or income in January-September, India came third following China and Indonesia.