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Overseas Visitors Survey Visitors' Profile Data – Travelling Companions

Data from Jan 2013 to Dec 2014

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:26 SGT

STB (Singapore Tourism Board)

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

Data explorer

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%
2013TOTALTOTAL36491312111076432.63.4
2013SOUTHEAST ASIAINDONESIA344714166191310252.93
2013SOUTHEAST ASIAMALAYSIA574413131511108342.72
2013SOUTHEAST ASIAPHILIPPINES4030151618161316443.12.9
2013SOUTHEAST ASIATHAILAND55261673111921042.72.4
2013SOUTHEAST ASIAVIETNAM4025167191084212.66.3
2013NORTH ASIACHINA303410814714132.58.9
2013NORTH ASIATAIWAN363216917646232.96.7
2013NORTH ASIAHONG KONG45501317151277422.83
2013NORTH ASIAJAPAN4141231019742232.43

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
YearperiodYear (YYYY)--
RegionregionText--
Country of ResidencecorText-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.
AlonealoneNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile.
Spouse spouseNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
FriendsfriendsNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Children Aged 19 Years And Belowchild_below_19yrsNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Business Associates / ColleaguesbusinessNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
Parents / Parents-in-Lawparents_and_in_lawNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
SiblingssiblingsNumeric (Percentage)-Figures exclude FORMULA 1™ visitors’ profile. Percentage of visitors is calculated based on Those Who Didn’t Travel Alone.
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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())

Citation

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 July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_207e310d4133a1e16cd23706dcc20995/view

About this dataset

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Created on

10 Jul 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

STB (Singapore Tourism Board)