Thailand No 2 destination for Singaporean travellers, study finds

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Thailand No 2 destination for Singaporean travellers, study finds
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- China, Thailand and Hong Kong are the top three destinations among air travellers from Singapore, accounting for 20, 16 and 9 per cent respectively of all outbound leisure flights, according to findings from GfK Travelscan for January to September.

GfK, a key participating company at "TravelRave 2015", is one of the sponsors at the ITB Travel Forum and the WIT (Web in Travel) Singapore to be held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from October 20-23.

GfK will be presenting interesting findings from the inaugural Travelscan Singapore report at the ITB Asia event. Travelscan is based on consolidated and aggregated industry booking data provided by members of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore to GfK, with the aim of helping the industry better predict market developments.

In the first three quarters of 2015, the countries that registered significantly more visitors flying in from Singapore than in the same period last year were Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam, where flight bookings rose by 44, 33, and 12 per cent respectively.

"Thailand has always been an attractive destination for Singapore travellers and since the beginning of the year, we have been seeing a surge in the number of visitors flying in mostly to Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai - the three most popular places in Thailand," noted Laurens Van Den Oever, global industry lead for travel and hospitality at GfK.

"The recent incident in Bangkok didn't have any long-term impact on local tourism, it seems; flight cancellations [were] only for a couple of weeks, after which booking patterns were back on course again."

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Thailand-No-2-destination-for-Singaporean-travelle-30270964.html

-- The Nation 2015-10-15

[TuskegeeBen]

Those Singaporean travelers are not tourist. They're investment prospectors, guaranteed.

Edited October 15, 2015 by TuskegeeBen

[Hawk]

China because Singapore Chinese have family there.

Thailand because its cheap and has plenty of female night workers.

[choff56]

China because Singapore Chinese have family there.

Thailand because its cheap and has plenty of female night workers.

And millitary dictatorships make them feel right at home.

[laubau]

China because Singapore Chinese have family there.

Thailand because its cheap and has plenty of female night workers.

And millitary dictatorships make them feel right at home.

All 3 answers are exactly Right!!