Visitor arrivals to Singapore in November rose 16.1% from a year earlier to 963,000, the highest figure ever recorded for the month of November, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said on Thursday.

The number was, however, lower than October's 978,000 visitors as well as the record 1.1 million achieved in July.

Indonesia contributed the largest number of visitors with  176,000 in November, an increase of 23% from a year ago, while India registered the highest percentage rise of 46%.

STB’s figures do not include the thousands who cross over from Malaysia daily by land.

STB said average occupancy rate at Singapore hotels in November was 89%, while the average room rate rose in November by 10.5% from a year ago to $220.