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OverseasVisitorsSurveyVisitorsProfileDataTravellingCompanions.csv (46 rows, 2.7 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Region Text	Country of Residence Text	Alone Numeric (Percentage)	Spouse Numeric (Percentage)	Friends Numeric (Percentage)	Children Aged 19 Years And Below Numeric (Percentage)	Business Associates / Colleagues Numeric (Percentage)	Parents / Parents-in-Law Numeric (Percentage)	Siblings Numeric (Percentage)	Relatives Numeric (Percentage)	Partner/ Boyfriend/ Girlfriend Numeric (Percentage)	Children Aged Above 19 Numeric (Percentage)	Average Family Size Numeric	Average Party Size Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.2%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)4.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2013	TOTAL	TOTAL	36	49	13	12	11	10	7	6	4	3	2.6	3.4
2013	SOUTHEAST ASIA	INDONESIA	34	47	14	16	6	19	13	10	2	5	2.9	3
2013	SOUTHEAST ASIA	MALAYSIA	57	44	13	13	15	11	10	8	3	4	2.7	2
2013	SOUTHEAST ASIA	PHILIPPINES	40	30	15	16	18	16	13	16	4	4	3.1	2.9
2013	SOUTHEAST ASIA	THAILAND	55	26	16	7	31	11	9	2	10	4	2.7	2.4
2013	SOUTHEAST ASIA	VIETNAM	40	25	16	7	19	10	8	4	2	1	2.6	6.3
2013	NORTH ASIA	CHINA	30	34	10	8	14	7	1	4	1	3	2.5	8.9
2013	NORTH ASIA	TAIWAN	36	32	16	9	17	6	4	6	2	3	2.9	6.7
2013	NORTH ASIA	HONG KONG	45	50	13	17	15	12	7	7	4	2	2.8	3
2013	NORTH ASIA	JAPAN	41	41	23	10	19	7	4	2	2	3	2.4	3

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	period	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Region	region	Text	-	-
Country of Residence	cor	Text	-	All visitors are classified by country of residence unless otherwise stated. Total international visitor arrivals include all visitors coming by air and sea and non-Malaysian citizens coming by land.
Alone	alone	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile.
Spouse	spouse	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Friends	friends	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Children Aged 19 Years And Below	child_below_19yrs	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Business Associates / Colleagues	business	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Parents / Parents-in-Law	parents_and_in_law	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Siblings	siblings	Numeric (Percentage)	-	Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is calculated based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.

Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_207e310d4133a1e16cd23706dcc20995"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Tourism Board. (2016). Overseas Visitors Survey Visitors' Profile Data – Travelling Companions (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 19, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_207e310d4133a1e16cd23706dcc20995/view

Overseas Visitors Survey Visitors' Profile Data – Travelling Companions

Alone, Spouse, Friends, Children aged 19 years and below, Business associates colleagues, Parents parents in law, Siblings, Relatives, Partner boyfriend girlfriend, Children aged above 19 by Year

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OverseasVisitorsSurveyVisitorsProfileDataTravellingCompanions.csv (46 rows, 2.7 KB)

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