Market Profile: Singapore
Singapore ARRIVALS TO THE U.S.

TRENDS IN ARRIVALS (in thousands)

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001r	2002r	Change 2002r/1996
Arrivals	115	127	102	118	136	99	97	(18)
% Change	12%	10%	-20%	16%	15%	-27%	-2%	-16%

TRENDS IN RECEIPTS* (in millions)

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002pr	Change 2002pr/1996
Receipts	$377	$383	$299	$349	$417	$314	n/a	n/a
% Change	n/a	2%	-22%	17%	19%	-25%	n/a	n/a

SINGAPORE VISITATION ESTIMATES (Market Share & Volume in thousands)
VISITATION TO CENSUS REGIONS AND STATES **

	Market Share 2002	Volume 2002	Market Share 2001	Volume 2001
PACIFIC	57.2%	55	62.1%	61
MIDDLE ATLANTIC	25.4%	25	23.6%	23
MOUNTAIN	22.1%	21	22.2%	22
SOUTH ATLANTIC	16.5%	16	16.6%	16
California	55.1%	53	57.8%	57
New York	21.5%	21	20.4%	20

SINGAPORE VISITATION ESTIMATES
(Market Share & Volume in thousands)
VISITATION TO THE CITIES **

	Market Share 2002	Volume 2002	Market Share 2001	Volume 2001
Los Angeles	25.6%	25	26.3%	26
San Francisco	24.9%	24	28.1%	28
New York City	20.9%	20	18.9%	19

SELECTED TRAVELER CHARACTERISTICS
(by Percentage Point Change)

	2002	2001	% Point Change ****
Purpose of Trip: (multiple response)
Business	60%	59%	1
Vacation / Holiday	44%	42%	2
Visit Friends and Relatives	35%	34%	1
Attend Convention	17%	18%	-1
Transportation Types Used in U.S.: (multiple response)
Airline in U.S.	40%	37%	3
Rented Automobile	35%	36%	-2
Private Automobile	21%	18%	3
Bus between Cities	7%	7%	0
Rail between Cities	5%	6%	-1

SELECTED TRAVELER CHARACTERISTICS
(by Percent Change)

	2002	2001	% Change ****
Prepaid Package	5%	5%	-8%
First International Trip	15%	17%	-16%
Average Length of Stay in U.S. (nights)	14.2	19.3	-26%
Daily Visitor Spending in U.S.	$165	$115	43%
Average Number of States Visited	1.8	1.8	0%

 

Notes:

r - The 2001 and 2002 arrivals total have been revised downward from the preliminary estimate released earlier by OTTI.

pr - Preliminary will be revised

n/a - Information not available

* Excluding passenger fare receipts/exports.

** Only the census regions, states, and cities are displayed that have a statistically reliable respondent base for the survey year(s).

*** Not displayed due to low respondent base for this survey year.

**** Variance due to rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries; Bureau of Economic Analysis

Publication Date: June 2003