The ugly story of Singapore's 1H tourism sector in 7 beautiful charts
Arrivals in the first half fell by 3%.
Singapore's tourism sector showed some signs of life in the months of May and June but still not enough to push half year performance up.
Data from Singapore Tourism Board show that for Q2 2015, tourism receipts (TR) fell 9 per cent year-on-year to S$5.2 billion, while international visitor arrivals (IVA) dipped 1 per cent to 3.6 million over the same period in 2014.
Specific details of the contributing factors to decline are shown in the following beautiful charts: