Chinese visitors to Singapore drop

Singapore's international visitor arrivals in the first half of this year fell by 2.8 percent year-on-year, due in part to a decline in the number of Chinese visitors who stay for one day or less, the Singapore Tourism Board said on Tuesday.

Excluding Chinese visitors, Singapore's international tourist arrivals grew by 2.3 percent year-on-year in the same period.

The board said the number of Chinese visitors to Singapore in the first half of the year fell by 30 percent, following the implementation of new tourism rules in China in October.