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International visitor arrivals to Singapore up 16.2% in January 2011

Indonesia remains Singapore's top visitor-generating market with 208,000 visitors arrived in January 2011.

According to Singapore Tourism Board, international visitor arrivals to Singapore reached 1,055,000 in January 2011. This is the highest ever recorded IVA for the month of January. Visitor days 1 were estimated at 4.1 million days, a year-on-year growth of 13.3%.

Indonesia (208,000), PR China (132,000), Australia (98,000), Malaysia (78,000), and India (63,000) were Singapore's top five visitor-generating markets in January 2011. These markets accounted for 55% of total IVA for the month.

In January 2011, Hong Kong SAR (+51.0%), Thailand (+34.9%), and P R China (+33.4%) registered highest growth out of the top 15 markets. 

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