Singapore
Singapore Tourism Receipts Fall 6.2% in Q2 as Visitor Arrivals Decline
The April–June drop left first-half visitor spending nearly flat, with shopping gains offsetting weaker hotel and dining receipts.
Singapore’s tourism receipts fell 6.2% from a year earlier to S$7.21 billion in the second quarter of 2026, according to Singapore Tourism Board figures released on October 15. International visitor arrivals declined 6.6% to 3.76 million over the same period.
The drop followed a stronger first quarter. For the six months through June, tourism receipts totalled S$15.71 billion, down 0.3% year on year, while arrivals fell 1.7% to 8.19 million, according to the figures reported by The Business Times and The Straits Times.
The tourism board attributed pressure on international travel to the escalation of the Middle East conflict in the first quarter. It cited higher fuel costs, reduced air capacity and economic uncertainty, particularly affecting travel from European markets.
The second-quarter decline was uneven across spending categories. Receipts from sightseeing, entertainment and gaming fell 15.4% year on year to S$1.58 billion, the largest percentage drop among the categories detailed in the reports. Food and beverage receipts declined 9.8%, accommodation 8.4% and shopping 1.5%.
Across the full first half, shopping receipts instead rose 2.9% year on year, while sightseeing, entertainment and gaming receipts increased 2.3%. The tourism board said six of Singapore’s 10 largest markets by tourism receipts recorded growth in shopping spend. It pointed to luxury-store openings and retail events as contributors. First-half food and beverage receipts fell 6.2%, and accommodation receipts declined 5.3%.
China remained Singapore’s largest source of tourism receipts in the second quarter, contributing S$965.5 million, down 1.9% year on year, according to The Business Times. Indonesia ranked second at S$589.7 million, a 15.2% decline. Australia, India and the United States followed.
Visitor counts and visitor spending give different views of those markets. The Business Times reported that Malaysia was the fourth-largest source of arrivals in the quarter, behind China, Indonesia and India. It did not rank among the five largest sources of tourism receipts.