Q1 receipts fall 4.8% amid economic uncertainty
Top market China contributes S$1.09 billion, followed by Indonesia at S$732 million and India at S$338 million
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Singapore
SPENDING by visitors to Singapore fell 4.8 per cent to S$6.5 billion in the first quarter of 2019 from the same period last year, although international arrivals ticked up by one per cent to 4.7 million.
Poh Chi Chuan, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) director of digital transformation, said that visitors may have been more conscious about spending due to ongoing risk and uncertainties in the global economy.
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