CONTENTS - Singapore Tourism Board

Table 31 Contribution of Tourism and Balance of Payments 1991 - 2000
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 p
GDP (at 1990 Market Prices) 71,183.4 75,839.5 85,467.0 95,229.3 102,859.4 110,699.2 120,140.2 120,206.9 127,250.0 139,839.5
Export of Goods and Services 129,835.8 134,822.0 155,851.4 184,764.1 209,919.7 219,920.9 231,984.5 217,083.6 236,451.8 286,128.2
Goods 105,955.6 108,432.3 125,802.2 149,565.8 167,896.5 177,679.6 186,708.1 185,035.2 195,798.4 239,512.0
Services 23,880.2 26,389.7 30,049.2 35,198.3 42,023.2 42,241.3 45,276.4 32,048.4 40,653.4 46,616.2
Import of Goods and Services 121,907.7 126,934.9 148,495.9 168,725.6 191,128.2 202,367.5 213,231.0 189,794.2 208,971.9 256,764.7
Goods 106,145.8 111,399.6 130,203.6 147,497.1 166,512.3 174,543.2 185,048.0 160,300.6 176,887.5 219,858.9
Services 15,761.9 15,535.3 18,292.3 21,228.5 24,615.9 27,824.3 28,183.0 29,493.6 32,084.4 36,905.8
Net Goods and Services 7,928.1 7,887.1 7,355.5 16,038.5 18,791.5 17,553.4 18,753.5 27,289.4 27,479.9 29,363.5
Trade Balance -190.2 -2,967.3 -4,401.4 2,068.7 1,384.2 3,136.4 1,660.1 24,734.6 18,910.9 19,653.1
Balance of Services 8,118.3 10,854.4 11,756.9 13,969.8 17,407.3 14,417.0 17,093.4 2,554.8 8,569.0 9,710.4
Tourism Receipts 7,770.0 10,003.4 11,262.0 11,403.5 11,830.6 11,216.4 10,201.9 8,967.8 9,726.1 10,411.2
*As % of Services Exports 32.5 37.9 37.5 32.4 28.2 26.6 22.5 28.0 23.9 22.3
As % of Total Exports of Goods & Services 6.0 7.4 7.2 6.2 5.6 5.1 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.6
% Change -9.8 28.7 12.6 1.3 3.7 -5.2 -9.0 -12.1 8.5 7.0
p Preliminary.
* Based on the recommendations in "Balance of Payment Manual V", the definition of "services" no longer includes the investment income component.
Sources: STB, Department of Statistics
(S$ Million or %)
Singapore Annual Report on Tourism Statistics 2000