AsiaTravelTips.com, 21 Jul 2009
Both local and visiting MasterCard cardholders combined, spent US$368.5 million over the first month of the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) between 29 May and 27 June 2009, an increase of 1% versus the same period last year (23 May - 21 June 2008). Overall, the number of transactions rose 14% to 3,151,586 this year.Tourist spending was up 3% compared to the same period last year, with visiting cardholders buying US$130.8 million worth of goods and services. Cardholders from the US, Australia, UK and Malaysia were the biggest spenders.
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