Singapore: Economic crisis affects Singapore tourist arrivals.

Section: Economy - Visitor arrivals to Singapore dropped 4.1 percent to 739,000 in September from a year ago due to the global economic crisis and the downturn could continue into next year, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB).

This was the fourth consecutive month of decline since June and the decline "reflects the challenging global economic environment and outlook for the tourism sector, which may continue into 2009," the STB was …