Singapore recorded 1.24 million international visitor arrivals in May, down 9.7 percent year-on-year and the lowest monthly tally so far this year, according to the latest data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).
The decline was driven by weaker arrivals from several of Singapore’s key source markets, including mainland China, Indonesia, India and Australia, the data showed.
Overnight visitors accounted for 909,590 arrivals in May, down 11.8-percent year-on-year. Average length of stay across all international markets was 3.58 days, flat from a year earlier.
The top five source markets in May were mainland China (204,640 arrivals), Indonesia (170,130), India (144,010), Malaysia (111,910) and Australia (83,510).
Of those markets, Malaysia’s tally was flat from a year ago. But arrivals from mainland China saw a 15.4-percent year-on-year decline, while those from Indonesia – the second-largest source market after mainland China – shrank by 14.0 percent.
Visitor arrivals from India and Australia each recorded single-digit percentage declines compared with May 2025.
Among the five largest source markets, only India recorded an average stay length above the overall international average of 3.58 days. Indian visitors stayed an average of 6.31 days in Singapore during May.
For the first five months of 2026, Singapore welcomed 7.00 million international visitors, down 1.2 percent year-on-year decline, according to STB data. Of that total, around 73 percent – or 5.10 million – were overnight visitors, a cohort that recorded a 2.2-percent year-on-year decline.
The January to May visitor tally represents circa 40 percent of the tourism authority’s forecast for full-year 2026, which stands at between 17 million to 18 million. The tourism authority’s forecast implies annual growth of between 0.6 percent and 6.5 percent versus 2025.
