Singapore greets 7.77mln tourists in five months to May
Official data indicate that Singapore welcomed almost 7.77 million foreign visitors in the first five months of this year, 1.5 percent more than in the corresponding period last year.Figures compiled this week by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) show that the city attracted more people from all its main sources of foreign visitors, the fastest growth being in the number of visitors from South Asia.The STB data indicate that in the five months to May 31 the number of visitors from the biggest source market China, grew to nearly 1.54 million arrivals, 3.7 percent more than in the corresponding period last year.