CONTENTS - Singapore Tourism Board
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Table 9 Visitor Arrivals by Residence x Purpose of Visit<br />
PURPOSE OF VISIT NUMBER OF ARRIVALS<br />
Business & Visiting<br />
Not<br />
RESIDENCE Holiday Business Pleasure In Transit Friends/Relatives<br />
M.I.C.E.* Education Others Stated Total<br />
TOTAL 3,701,617 1,263,262 193,661 773,592 492,391 210,951 47,642 368,918 639,365 7,691,399<br />
% Change 8.5 13.3 6.2 10.5 5.0 13.8 18.9 17.8 20.3 10.7<br />
AMERICAS 165,854 137,168 24,217 76,894 43,531 13,947 2,640 8,198 10,535 482,984<br />
Canada 34,291 7,777 2,387 14,104 8,144 1,275 359 1,095 1,961 71,393<br />
USA 117,552 126,480 20,800 60,419 34,307 10,570 2,067 6,155 7,235 385,585<br />
Other Countries in the Americas 14,011 2,911 1,030 2,371 1,080 2,102 214 948 1,339 26,006<br />
ASIA 2,522,963 830,096 119,274 448,807 313,345 155,624 36,242 324,511 569,954 5,320,816<br />
ASEAN 885,885 376,478 59,809 230,670 189,453 91,531 19,322 244,168 330,352 2,427,668<br />
Brunei Darussalam 32,143 3,792 1,418 10,079 3,273 1,349 385 4,040 1,434 57,913<br />
Cambodia 3,477 1,532 187 539 1,300 283 496 637 579 9,030<br />
Indonesia 527,613 157,874 26,723 90,230 89,515 29,914 9,471 131,722 250,254 1,313,316<br />
Laos 180 120 47 52 47 151 145 162 45 949<br />
Malaysia 152,635 126,101 15,977 93,451 48,952 30,584 3,054 63,364 30,632 564,750<br />
Myanmar 2,325 3,535 865 2,091 2,852 660 957 6,128 2,678 22,091<br />
Philippines 55,943 24,733 4,788 23,542 21,505 10,341 1,184 20,941 18,055 181,032<br />
Thailand 101,609 49,319 8,412 8,239 20,221 15,786 2,458 15,379 25,327 246,750<br />
Vietnam 9,960 9,472 1,392 2,447 1,788 2,463 1,172 1,795 1,348 31,837<br />
Bangladesh 10,795 9,741 2,038 3,282 2,022 988 435 4,070 5,275 38,646<br />
Hong Kong SAR 137,192 86,057 9,248 11,263 21,870 9,880 1,258 2,889 6,318 285,975<br />
India 134,497 66,065 11,068 41,419 35,289 14,960 1,828 16,291 24,939 346,356<br />
Israel 3,269 4,376 718 964 342 556 31 152 238 10,646<br />
Japan 649,420 140,839 10,209 51,262 16,575 9,607 1,424 13,112 37,447 929,895<br />
Nepal 3,175 1,397 417 3,155 1,140 343 295 1,703 1,049 12,674<br />
Pakistan 14,640 10,155 2,507 5,395 2,633 1,727 337 2,381 2,720 42,495<br />
P R China 259,578 34,540 4,504 52,866 21,865 8,747 6,948 17,970 27,317 434,335<br />
Saudi Arabia 17,649 1,340 349 2,559 427 318 60 444 1,605 24,751<br />
South Korea 189,238 35,714 8,052 15,194 6,974 8,267 2,033 10,210 78,671 354,353<br />
Sri Lanka 22,374 17,071 2,187 8,962 3,226 1,447 767 3,767 3,369 63,170<br />
Taiwan 162,267 36,636 6,522 16,181 9,020 5,644 907 5,313 48,414 290,904<br />
United Arab Emirates 11,697 4,168 615 2,267 852 609 109 227 473 21,017<br />
Other Countries in Asia 21,287 5,519 1,031 3,368 1,657 1,000 488 1,814 1,767 37,931<br />
EUROPE 632,644 177,652 31,981 123,917 75,841 22,554 4,198 23,611 35,474 1,127,872<br />
Austria 10,190 2,196 435 1,518 643 258 50 150 539 15,979<br />
Belgium & Luxembourg 11,430 4,984 822 2,721 1,627 629 87 647 951 23,898<br />
CIS 7,162 2,472 518 5,431 422 493 114 2,724 2,047 21,383<br />
Finland 8,583 4,381 601 1,594 1,083 661 301 380 587 18,171<br />
France 31,092 18,541 2,446 8,819 5,726 2,626 429 1,556 3,538 74,773<br />
Germany 98,039 30,623 4,622 16,406 9,376 2,808 555 2,140 4,839 169,408<br />
Greece 6,162 1,679 320 2,355 194 292 69 872 1,227 13,170<br />
Italy 21,823 8,494 1,155 5,182 1,325 1,717 151 763 1,620 42,230<br />
Netherlands 39,374 13,895 2,215 8,248 6,231 1,178 375 2,947 2,863 77,326<br />
Rep of Ireland 12,869 1,873 390 3,166 958 270 75 188 541 20,330<br />
Scandinavia 52,047 15,225 2,970 8,775 5,643 1,734 503 2,080 2,595 91,572<br />
Spain 7,761 2,526 425 2,412 650 549 51 250 493 15,117<br />
Switzerland 27,731 8,398 1,316 5,972 2,441 716 182 452 1,115 48,323<br />
Turkey 9,225 1,730 341 1,177 221 359 50 535 784 14,422<br />
UK 272,631 56,955 12,171 43,263 37,824 6,939 918 5,231 9,044 444,976<br />
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 9,618 2,540 972 5,545 1,008 1,015 231 2,512 2,320 25,761<br />
Other Countries in Western Europe 6,907 1,140 262 1,333 469 310 57 184 371 11,033<br />
OCEANIA 305,521 98,227 13,736 104,765 54,113 15,536 3,194 8,758 12,714 616,564<br />
Australia 253,896 84,243 11,301 81,661 46,354 13,518 2,528 6,821 10,025 510,347<br />
New Zealand 46,802 12,292 2,059 19,929 7,228 1,607 487 1,445 2,425 94,274<br />
Other Countries in Oceania 4,823 1,692 376 3,175 531 411 179 492 264 11,943<br />
AFRICA 56,495 13,065 3,127 14,682 2,780 1,957 993 2,494 3,915 99,508<br />
Mauritius 13,012 2,519 860 2,649 421 196 174 339 971 21,141<br />
South Africa (Rep of) 28,039 4,573 847 6,026 1,138 756 300 361 1,079 43,119<br />
Other Countries in Africa 15,444 5,973 1,420 6,007 1,221 1,005 519 1,794 1,865 35,248<br />
NOT STATED 18,140 7,054 1,326 4,527 2,781 1,333 375 1,346 6,773 43,655<br />
* Refers to Convention/Exhibition/Company Meeting/Company Paid Holiday.<br />
<strong>Singapore</strong> Annual Report on <strong>Tourism</strong> Statistics 2000