Penang

Data from Tourism Western Australia shows Singapore is now the number one source of foreign visitors, with Singaporeans accounting for 24% of all international arrivals in the September quarter, despite Singapore’s relatively low population. Singapore arrivals are already back at 80% of pre-Covid numbers with 270 flights per week between Changi and Perth Airport. Before […]

STR reported Sydney’s hotel industry recorded its highest performance levels of the pandemic-era. The preliminary November 2022 data shows occupancy averaging 79.8% for the month, ADR at A$273.07 resulting in RevPAR of A$217.79.  STR said the market’s ADR level was the highest for any month on record except for September 2000 when it hosted the Sydney […]

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is pledging to increase inbound tourism spending to more than 5 trillion yen per year. The PM believes Japan can benefit from the yen’s recent fall to 24 year lows against the dollar. This is being said just as the country loosens up its border and Covid policies, including ending a cap on […]