SINGAPORE (July 30): Despite a tiny population of just over 5.6 million, Singapore last year accounted for 1% of all international arrivals to the top 200 tourism cities in the world – contributing US$6.1 billion (S$8.4 billion) to total travel expenditure.
The top destinations for travellers from Singapore are Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Bangkok, Thailand; and Hong Kong. In total, these three cities saw 2.4 million arrivals from the Lion City last year, with travellers spending over US$2 billion.
These findings are from MasterCard’s new report titled Global Destination Cities Index: Origin that was released Tuesday.
Singapore ranked 21st out of a list of origin markets, just behind neighbours Malaysia, and Indonesia — the world’s fourth most...(click on link for full story on theedgesingapore.com)