China's Travelers Favored Singapore and Indonesia in July
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- Chinese Hotel Performance: Hotel RevPAR in China increased by 37% compared to the same week last year, despite a strong 107.7% increase from a year ago. In comparison to 2019, RevPAR rose by 16.9%.
- Chinese Travelers in Singapore: Chinese tourists were the largest source of visitors to Singapore in July, doubling their numbers from June. Singapore experienced a 104.2% increase in visitor arrivals from China, contributing to a 95.3% year-on-year rise in total arrivals for the month.
- Hotel Openings and Expansions: Accor is partnering with Sarin Hotels for a new Sebel hotel in Wellington, New Zealand; Hotel Marvell, Byron Bay's first five-star hotel, is opening with luxurious amenities; Melco Resorts' W Macau hotel will open in Macau's Studio City with 557 rooms; and Narai Hospitality Group is set to open Lub d Japan Osaka Honmachi, expanding their presence globally.
STR reported Chinese hotel data for the week ending August 12th. Hotel RevPAR in China was up 37%, up against a 107.7% comp a year ago. Compared to the week in 2019, RevPAR was still up 16.9%.
If you are one of those wondering where all the Chinese travelers are, in July, most of them apparently went to Singapore. China was Singapore's largest single source of visitor arrivals in July, with the amount of mainland China tourists doubling from what it was in June. The Singapore Tourism Board said Singapore logged 231,330 visitor arrivals from China in July, up 104.2% from June. Indonesia was the second-ranked source market in July, with 229,890 visitor arrivals. The average stay for visitors from China in July was 4.78 days. The average stay for all international visitors was 3.82 days. Singapore's total arrivals in July was 1.42 million, up 95.3% year on year and 25.7% from June. For the first seven months of the year, visitor arrivals to Singapore
