SARS took a big chunk out of Singapore’s travel industry last year: More than S$2bil (RM4.2bil) lost in tourism spending and a sharp 19% drop in visitor arrivals, but the final numbers for 2003 were better than expected.
There were 6.1 million visitors to Singapore last year, and they spent almost S$7bil (RM14.7bil) – beating the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) worst-case scenario of a 30% drop in arrivals.
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