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Table 2 Profile of Visitor Arrivals by Residence
CHARACTERISITICS
RESIDENCE Number of Percentage % Average On Staying Average On Arriving On Visitor
Arrivals Distribution Change Male Age Holiday in Hotel Length of Stay Repeat Visit By Air Group Packaged Days 1
(%) (Years) (%) (%) (Days) 1
(%) (%) (%)
TOTAL 7,691,399 100.00 10.5 61.43 38.07 48.13 62.34 3.16 54.76 73.56 18.94 24,340,154
AMERICAS 482,984 6.28 8.7 67.20 41.41 34.34 71.25 3.53 60.76 84.61 9.07 1,704,790
Canada 71,393 0.93 -1.6 59.04 40.81 48.03 67.37 3.47 58.69 80.61 9.50 247,400
USA 385,585 5.01 9.7 69.21 41.61 30.49 71.97 3.53 62.57 85.76 8.09 1,360,434
Other Countries in the Americas 26,006 0.34 28.3 59.71 40.07 53.88 71.30 3.73 39.64 78.57 22.31 96,973
ASIA 5,320,816 69.18 10.9 60.90 36.96 47.42 58.60 3.16 53.23 68.97 23.33 16,821,721
ASEAN 2,427,668 31.56 9.2 60.44 35.75 36.49 43.04 3.37 67.55 56.08 7.66 8,177,615
Brunei Darussalam 57,913 0.75 1.1 58.17 34.81 55.50 72.32 2.97 88.08 91.62 7.05 171,802
Cambodia 9,030 0.12 8.9 54.04 33.75 38.50 52.47 7.46 60.45 92.24 11.11 67,336
Indonesia 1,313,316 17.08 8.5 59.89 35.25 40.17 40.22 3.44 61.24 42.04 4.91 4,522,219
Laos 949 0.01 15.7 67.86 38.23 18.97 71.34 7.29 45.73 92.73 13.59 6,922
Malaysia 564,750 7.34 10.9 64.15 37.05 27.03 35.89 2.00 86.08 69.59 8.55 1,127,374
Myanmar 22,091 0.29 9.7 74.64 36.68 10.52 37.56 7.30 60.67 78.55 7.45 161,286
Philippines 181,032 2.35 11.8 60.02 35.19 30.90 47.04 4.80 60.56 70.82 11.70 868,509
Thailand 246,750 3.21 7.5 54.72 35.96 41.18 60.58 4.54 62.66 74.11 14.61 1,119,924
Vietnam 31,837 0.41 18.9 59.84 36.27 31.28 74.32 4.98 47.27 80.31 28.65 158,509
Bangladesh 38,646 0.50 16.1 81.40 34.48 27.93 67.86 5.82 56.17 92.01 7.50 224,849
Hong Kong SAR 285,975 3.72 10.0 60.70 37.50 47.97 74.08 2.96 67.21 77.74 19.74 847,716
India 346,356 4.50 20.1 71.76 35.93 38.83 51.29 5.28 53.50 85.28 10.86 1,828,134
Israel 10,646 0.14 26.1 75.13 42.86 30.71 83.99 4.56 54.55 99.11 8.59 48,504
Japan 929,895 12.09 8.0 56.81 39.37 69.84 79.42 2.29 41.70 79.96 48.27 2,128,705
Nepal 12,674 0.16 -5.9 80.30 35.93 25.05 62.71 4.97 59.36 90.31 8.95 63,036
Pakistan 42,495 0.55 17.2 83.02 33.53 34.45 70.98 4.90 57.27 78.98 6.64 208,125
P R China 434,335 5.65 16.5 56.14 39.87 59.76 75.41 3.02 19.79 82.75 60.45 1,310,257
Saudi Arabia 24,751 0.32 7.1 62.50 28.98 71.31 82.47 3.06 36.86 85.02 8.95 75,784
South Korea 354,353 4.61 46.3 60.95 38.20 53.40 65.24 1.65 24.65 65.67 40.75 583,726
Sri Lanka 63,170 0.82 5.1 75.11 35.93 35.42 67.13 4.16 66.71 91.86 6.29 262,867
Taiwan 290,904 3.78 -8.4 60.62 36.58 55.78 70.32 2.98 38.68 80.69 28.84 865,608
United Arab Emirates 21,017 0.27 3.8 67.06 32.53 55.65 80.89 3.54 57.33 91.87 8.52 74,504
Other Countries in Asia 37,931 0.49 3.1 64.53 33.47 56.12 75.63 4.64 49.32 80.89 14.85 176,011
EUROPE 1,127,872 14.66 7.4 62.39 40.63 56.09 70.49 3.17 51.27 82.50 10.42 3,572,407
Austria 15,979 0.21 -4.5 61.98 41.06 63.77 76.10 2.83 46.54 86.93 12.49 45,275
Belgium & Luxembourg 23,898 0.31 19.7 66.85 40.86 47.83 67.59 2.85 54.82 82.31 14.54 68,155
CIS 21,383 0.28 6.7 71.00 36.88 33.49 56.72 3.17 43.96 77.73 17.55 67,734
Finland 18,171 0.24 8.4 64.26 39.48 47.23 70.56 3.32 56.79 78.08 14.14 60,263
France 74,773 0.97 1.0 66.74 40.01 41.58 61.84 3.36 55.66 82.04 10.03 251,533
Germany 169,408 2.20 0.9 63.51 42.20 57.87 72.52 2.97 52.13 84.25 12.38 502,770
Greece 13,170 0.17 -1.3 66.83 40.91 46.79 67.52 2.59 41.82 86.47 23.95 34,066
Italy 42,230 0.55 -3.6 67.24 39.48 51.68 75.15 2.70 43.76 86.38 15.32 113,830
Netherlands 77,326 1.01 19.6 65.10 40.79 50.92 64.34 3.08 56.61 75.44 9.34 238,173
Rep of Ireland 20,330 0.26 19.5 55.61 35.99 63.30 75.38 2.75 34.52 83.52 9.05 55,884
Scandinavia 91,572 1.19 8.5 63.28 38.11 56.84 68.47 3.09 50.79 76.30 7.86 282,891
Spain 15,117 0.20 8.7 63.89 39.73 51.34 70.16 2.73 42.95 87.09 17.58 41,233
Switzerland 48,323 0.63 1.0 61.86 40.30 57.39 74.68 2.75 56.94 86.89 7.68 133,108
Turkey 14,422 0.19 3.9 64.23 38.91 63.96 78.51 2.79 35.07 86.30 43.43 40,208
UK 444,976 5.79 10.8 58.97 41.35 61.27 72.65 3.42 51.99 84.07 7.32 1,522,172
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 25,761 0.33 13.0 72.18 38.76 37.34 55.80 3.14 46.01 70.37 15.65 80,836
Other Countries in Western Europe 11,033 0.14 -3.8 61.62 40.95 62.60 77.60 3.14 41.25 83.57 19.69 34,677
OCEANIA 616,564 8.02 9.2 59.60 40.37 49.55 70.88 2.92 70.37 85.00 5.63 1,798,443
Australia 510,347 6.64 9.5 59.47 40.30 49.75 70.83 2.96 70.97 84.84 5.34 1,510,183
New Zealand 94,274 1.23 8.8 59.24 40.97 49.64 70.96 2.65 67.41 85.45 6.86 250,236
Other Countries in Oceania 11,943 0.16 1.4 67.78 38.40 40.38 72.23 3.18 68.52 88.35 8.08 38,003
AFRICA 99,508 1.29 10.4 62.50 37.57 56.77 73.47 3.03 52.19 87.25 13.01 301,524
Mauritius 21,141 0.27 5.1 64.86 35.90 61.55 72.61 2.55 67.83 81.68 9.04 53,966
South Africa (Rep of) 43,119 0.56 8.8 56.73 39.04 65.03 73.10 2.47 43.35 90.71 15.14 106,503
Other Countries in Africa 35,248 0.46 15.9 68.14 36.76 43.82 74.45 4.01 53.63 86.36 12.79 141,206
NOT STATED 43,655 0.57 265.2 62.11 38.45 41.55 63.37 3.26 50.04 87.22 14.59 142,132
1 Computed using 60 days as cut-off point. Singapore Annual Report on Tourism Statistics 2000