If a year-end trip to China is on your list, the cities your friends are researching may not be the ones you’d guess. Traveloka‘s data for January to August 2026 shows China searches from Singapore up 132% on the same months in 2025. That is the highest growth of the five Southeast Asian markets the travel platform tracks, and the bookings behind those searches are heading north and far west.
How Traveloka Counted It
The figures come from Traveloka’s own searches and bookings. They compare January to August 2026 with January to August 2025 across the five markets, with Singapore as one of them. Read it as a picture of where Traveloka users are looking, rather than a headcount of every Singaporean who flew to China this year.
Within that window, Traveloka says the range of Chinese cities Singaporeans book has more than doubled year-on-year. Twice as many dots on the map in twelve months is a lot of new ground for a country that was already a regular China traveller.
North and Far West
The biggest single jump belongs to Urumqi, the far-western city that, according to Traveloka, saw the largest rise in popularity among Singaporeans. Harbin and Changchun, both in the cold north-east, follow with what the platform calls “burgeoning interest”. These cities sit a long way from the usual first-timer loop.
Changchun is the result to circle. Singaporeans book it at more than three times the rate of the five markets combined, so this is a Singapore quirk rather than a regional wave you’d see mirrored in Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok.
Shenyang and Kunming come in at nearly twice the combined rate. Shenyang adds weight to the north-east pattern, while Kunming is the one southern name on the list. It’s the pick for anyone who wants a less obvious city without heading into northern winter.
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