Singapore is seeing Chinese visitors in record numbers as it welcomed 1.24 million Chinese visitors for the first half of last year, a hefty 27 percent rise from the same period the previous year. For the first time, the Chinese emerged as the biggest spenders, overtaking Indonesian visitors.
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Singapore Tourism Board (STB) figures show that Chinese visitors spent almost 1.52b SGD (1.2b USD) in the first half of last year, 3 percent more than Indonesians. This excludes what they spent on sightseeing and entertainment.
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Just four years ago, Indonesian visitors chalked up nearly 1b more USD in tourism receipts than Chinese visitors. Indonesians had been the biggest-spending visitorshere since 2007.
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Singapore is seeing Chinese visitors in record numbers as it welcomed 1.24 million Chinese visitors for the first half of last year, a hefty 27 percent rise from the same period the previous year. For the first time, the Chinese emerged as the biggest spenders, overtaking Indonesian visitors.
