Singapore welcomed about 4.43 million visitors from abroad in the first three months of 2026, up 2.8 percent from the prior-year period. The increase was driven by the city-state’s top feeder markets including mainland China and Malaysia, showed the latest data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
Singapore saw a 10.1-percent year-on-year rise in visitor arrivals in March, to 1.43 million. Of that tally, circa 72.7 percent – or 1.04 million – were overnight visitors, a cohort that grew 11.1 percent from March 2025.
Average length of stay across all international markets was 3.31 days in March, down 4.5 percent year-on-year, according to the data.
The March tally took Singapore’s visitor arrivals from abroad to 4.43 million in the first three months this year, with 3.26 million being overnight visitors. The number of overnight visitors in the three months to March 31 rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier.
The top five feeder markets for the city-state’s inbound tourism in the January to March period were: China (913,370); Indonesia (625,850); Malaysia (338,790); Australia (311,680); and India (246,940). Of those, only Indonesia and India showed a decline from the prior-year period.
The number of visitors from mainland China grew by 9.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, while from Malaysia was up by 8.5 percent. The volume of visitors from Australia increased by 1.2 percent year-on-year.
Singapore hosts a casino duopoly consisting of the Resorts World Sentosa property of Genting Singapore Ltd, and Marina Bay Sands, controlled by Las Vegas Sands Corp.
In early February, STB said it expected 2026 international visitor arrivals to reach between 17 and 18 million, bringing in approximately SGD31 billion (US$24.4 billion) to SGD32.5 billion in tourism receipts. That 2026 forecast range for visitor arrivals would represent a year-on-year growth in the range of 0.6 percent to 6.5 percent.
