China was also Singapore’s top revenue market in the first three quarters of 2019, accounting for S$3.2 billion in tourism receipts excluding the sightseeing, gaming and entertainment segments, up by 2 per cent from 2018.“Visitor arrivals from STB’s other key source markets are also expected to fall due to lower travel confidence globally,” it said.
“We believe that the situation this year will be at least as severe as the situation we faced in 2003 during SARS , probably worse.” The Government will also form a public-private sector Tourism Recovery Action Task Force to lay out the plans for recovery and future growth, said STB. STB will also defray the cleaning costs of hotels that provided accommodation to the confirmed and suspected cases of the coronavirus. Full details of the overall package of relief measures will be announced at Budget 2020 on Feb 18.As the coronavirus situation is expected to persist, the tourism board will continue to identify"targeted and effective ways” to support the industry and its employees, it said.
“STB remains committed to our mid- to long-term tourism plans, to ensure that Singapore has a steady pipeline of new and repeat visitors.”Singapore saw growth in visitor arrivals and tourism receipts for a fourth consecutive year in 2019. Visitor arrivals rose 3.3 per cent to a total of 19.1 million visitors, and they spent a total of S$27.1 billion in tourism receipts, 0.5 per cent more than in 2018.
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