Singapore's international visitor arrivals for the third quarter of 2011 stood at close to 3.5 million, representing a 15% year-on-year growth. Tourism receipts in the third quarter were S$6 billion, up 12%. Visitors from India generated the biggest increase in tourism receipts in the quarter, up 41%. Gazetted hotel room revenue in the quarter rose 18% to S$700 million. July 2011 posted a record high ADR as arrivals reached an all time peak, while September 2011 registered the highest RevPAR ever recorded. Average room rate was S$251 in the quarter, up 11%, with the upscale tier recording the biggest room rate percentage increase. Average occupancy rate reached 88% in the quarter and RevPAR for the quarter jumped 16% to S$222. In the first nine months of the year, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia and India were the top five international visitor generating markets, accounting for 54% of total arrivals. China and the Philippines registered the highest percentage growth, up 39% and 30%, respectively. Tourism receipts for the first nine months of the year were up 22% to S$17 billion.

The Maldives has overturned a decision made last week to shut down all spas and health centres in resorts, President Mohamed Nasheed has declared. The country's Supreme Court will be making the decision on the constitutionality of the ban, which also includes the sale of alcohol and pork. The president said that he had ordered the ban in response to calls by the main opposition party, which claimed the spas were fronts for prostitution and led to the spread of drugs and alcohol to locals in the mainly Sunni Muslim nation. The Maldives Association of Tourism Industry complained that the ban would harm the economy. It appealed for a resolution of the issue.