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Singapore had fourth record year for tourism in 2019

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Janice Heng

Janice Heng

Published Tue, May 5, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

BEFORE the Covid-19 pandemic devastated international travel, Singapore had its fourth consecutive record year for tourism in 2019, with healthy growth in the fourth quarter, a Singapore Tourism Board (STB) quarterly report on Tuesday showed.

International visitor arrivals grew 6.9 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter of last year, to 4.8 million; tourism receipts rose 12.8 per cent to S$7.1 billion.

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