Visitor arrivals register increase in July

Visitor arrivals increased by 22.7 percent month-to-month to 2,917,953 in July 2017 and increased by 4.4 percent year-on-year, according to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

Overnight visitors (1,609,426) rose by 10.6 percent year-on-year while same-day visitors (1,308,527) dropped 2.3 percent.

Visitors from Mainland China increased by 9.6 percent year-on-year to 2,016,066 in July, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme (991,560) rising by 12.8 percent.

Mainland visitors mainly came from Guangdong Province (839,456), Hunan Province (97,016) and Fujian Province (84,239).

Visitors from Korea (74,129) surged by 42.6 percent, while visitors from Hong Kong (559,421) and Taiwan (102,990) dropped by 9.6 percent and 0.3 percent respectively.

Moreover, visitors from the United States (16,169) and Canada (5,300) increased year-on-year, while visitors from Australia (6,430) and the United Kingdom (4,594) decreased.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by land increased by 3.8 percent year-
on-year, with those arriving through the Border Gate rising by 3.1 percent. Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 2.9 percent year-on-year, with those disembarking at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (632,233) and the Taipa Ferry Terminal (412,624) increasing by 4 percent and 1.4 percent respectively. Visitor arrivals by air grew by 15.8 percent year-on-year, with those arriving at the airport increasing by 15.7 percent.

In the first seven months of 2017, visitor arrivals totaled 18,482,256, up by 5.3 percent year-on-year. Overnight visitors (9,706,921) rose by 12.6 percent while same-day visitors (8,775,335) dropped by 1.8 percent.