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Dataset: Visitor International Arrivals to Singapore by Country, Monthly

Visitor International Arrivals to Singapore by Country, Monthly

STB (Singapore Tourism Board)

ASEAN - The term ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations and refers to the ten-country political association comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. However, when used in the statistical tables, the term excludes Singapore. ASEAN includes Vietnam with effect from 1995, Laos and Myanmar with effect from August 1997 and Cambodia with effect from May 1999.

GERMANY - Data prior to January 1991 refers to West Germany only.

SCANDINAVIA - Scandinavia comprises Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

CIS & EASTERN EUROPE - CIS' denotes the Commonwealth of Independent States, which consists of Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan,Turkmenistan and Georgia.

Data from Jan 1978 to Nov 2015

Last updated 6 Jun 2024

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VisitorInternationalArrivalstoSingaporebyCountryMonthly.csv (13.7K rows, 415.9 KB)

Month
Month (YYYY-MM)
Region
Text
Country
Text
No. Of Visitor Arrivals
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
1978-01AsiaAsean64500
1978-01AsiaJapan18652
1978-01AsiaHong Kong3148
1978-01AsiaChina, People's Republic Of56
1978-01AsiaTaiwan1956
1978-01AsiaKorea, Republic Of518
1978-01AsiaIndia3383
1978-01AsiaPakistan656
1978-01AsiaSri Lanka, Republic Of826
1978-01AsiaSaudi Arabia367
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_45502be05d9518e43052a3fad6635214"
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. (2015). Visitor International Arrivals to Singapore by Country, Monthly (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_45502be05d9518e43052a3fad6635214/view

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Created on

21 Sep 2015

Licence

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

Agency

STB (Singapore Tourism Board)