Singapore visitor arrivals take off, with April’s 294,300 figure highest since pandemic

SINGAPORE’S international arrivals climbed month on month for the third straight month in April,* with border authorities notching the highest number of travellers since the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to the latest figures from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).

Some 294,300 visitors hit the island’s shores in April, up from 121,200 in March, although volumes were still far lower than the 1.6 million recorded in April 2019, before the pandemic.

Indonesia overtook India as the biggest source of arrivals, sending 58,270 travellers in April, up from 13,620 in March. There were 40,970 travellers from India, up from 27,530 in March.

Australia accounted for 27,310 visitors in April, a jump from 7,880 in the month before, and Malaysia came …

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