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Singapore tourism statistics

Singapore, 1.61 million visitor arrivals in August

Monthly arrivals, nights, spend since 1976, with 6 worked statistics. Latest 2026-09, 1 month behind.

0%vs Aug 2025
11.1mYear to date
1976Figures since
1 moBehind
Where Singapore stands, August 2026

Singapore in August: up on a year

Singapore recorded 1,605,770 visitor arrivals in August 2026, 0.0% on a year and 93.2% of the August 2019 level.

Among the destinations it competes with: Thailand -2.6%, Hong Kong +5.9%, Philippines -0.8%, South Korea +23.3%.

From the figures on 20 October 2026Every number checked against the dataNext update when September is published

At a glance

Latest monthAugust 2026
Visitor arrivals1,605,770
On a year0.0%
Against August 201993.2%
Year to date, on a year-1.5%
Growth rank in Asia Pacific10 of 16
Best month on recordJanuary 2020
Trust gradeA, 100
Jet fuel, a gallon$3.72+84.0% on a year/v1/fuel
SGD per euro1.48Singapore dollar +1.1% on a year/v1/fx/SGD
Growth 20265.0%projected/v1/economy/SG
This brief, its figures, rivals and outlook as data: GET /v1/countries/SG/briefAnalyst

Total International Visitor Arrivals, and the change on a year

Visitor arrivalsThe year beforeChange on a year, %
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Singapore against its rivals

Click a country to swap it, or remove it with the cross. Up to six alongside Singapore.As data: GET /v1/compare?country=SGDeveloper
CountryLatestFigureOn a yearVs 2019Year to dateRivalry with Singapore

The last six months

MonthVisitor arrivalsOn a yearVs 2019Vs 3-year average
Aug 20261,605,7700.0%93.2%+8.3%
Jul 20261,515,955-3.6%87.9%+1.8%
Jun 20261,132,445-6.7%75.2%-1.3%
May 20261,208,247-8.5%82.5%-0.7%
Apr 20261,258,461-7.0%84.3%+2.2%
Mar 20261,406,690+14.2%92.0%+16.4%

The next three months

September+0.8%1.08M to 1.29M
October+0.0%0.00M to 0.00MIntel
November+0.0%0.00M to 0.00MIntel

Each country's own model, remade every night as figures arrive, with an 80% range. The first month is free to see; the rest come with Intel.

Who Singapore competes with for visitors

6 destinations chasing the same travellers

Ranked by how much of their visitors come from the same markets, how alike their seasons are, and how close they are in size. Open any of them to see its own rivals.

Rivalry is worked out from the figures each destination publishes and is remade every day. As data: /v1/countries/SG/rivals, on Developer and up.

Measures held

Arrivals/v1/arrivals?country=SG
Nights/v1/nights?country=SG
Spend/v1/spend?country=SG
Recovery against 201993%August 2026 against the same month of 2019, the year before the pandemic.Analyst
Forecast, next 12 months16.1m80% range 12.9m to 20m. Back-tested error 6.9%.Intel
Market concentrationn/aNot worked out for Singapore yet: it needs a longer monthly history.Intel

What is held for Singapore

MeasureFrequencyBreakdownSeriesFromLatest
ArrivalsMonthlyTotal212008-012026-08
ArrivalsMonthlyOrigin432008-012026-08
ArrivalsAnnualTotal1620082025
NightsAnnualAccommodation120082025
SpendMonthlyAccommodation12008-012026-08
SpendQuarterlyTotal81995-Q12026-Q2
SpendAnnualTotal619722025
SpendAnnualAccommodation120082025
DeparturesMonthlyTotal32011-012026-09
DeparturesAnnualTotal319972025
OccupancyMonthlyAccommodation82008-012026-08
OccupancyAnnualAccommodation220082025

Monthly arrivals: 100.0% of months held since 2008, none missing. See every month

Get Singapore in one call

# every arrivals month, Developer plan
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/arrivals?country=SG" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

# the whole country in one file, Intel plan
curl -o sg.csv "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/bulk/SG.csv" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

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