Visitor arrivals for July 2015

Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 2,648,894 in July 2015, up by 17.8% month-to-month but down by 3.8% year-on-year. Same-day visitors decreased by 6.4% year-on-year to 1,353,271 (51.1% of total); overnight visitors dropped marginally by 0.9% to 1,295,623. The average length of stay of visitors increased by 0.2 day year-on-year to 1.2 days; overnight and same-day visitors had an average stay of 2.2 days and 0.2 day respectively. Visitors from Mainland China decreased by 6.1% year-on-year to 1,757,167, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme dropping by 5.3%, at 824,536. Mainland visitors came primarily from Guangdong Province (785,152), Fujian Province (82,043) and Hunan Province (74,193). Visitors from the Republic of Korea (37,050) decreased by 22.5% year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (586,136) and Taiwan (93,443) increased by 5.7% and 0.1% respectively. Long-haul visitors from the United States (15,579), Australia (6,674), Canada (5,237) and the United Kingdom (4,919) registered year-on-year decline. Regarding mode of transport, visitor arrivals by land totalled 1,496,405, up slightly by 0.9% year-on-year; visitors entering through the Border Gate (1,311,556) decreased by 1.3% to account for 87.6% of the total, while those arriving via the Checkpoint of Cotai (182,786) rose by 20.5%. Visitor arrivals by sea dropped by 10.6% year-on-year to 975,577, with those entering via the Outer Harbour (588,804) and the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa (361,709) dropping by 11.5% and 7.5%. Visitor arrivals by air decreased by 1.1% year-on-year to 176,912, with those entering via the airport (175,848) edging down by 0.3%. In the first seven months of 2015, visitor arrivals totalled 17,405,393, down by 3.5% year-on-year; same-day visitors (9,493,413) and overnight visitors (7,911,980) decreased by 1.5% and 5.7% respectively. Visitors from Mainland China (11,541,959) decreased by 4.5% year-on-year, while those from Taiwan (558,940) held stable. Visitors from Hong Kong (3,741,288) and the Republic of Korea (330,613) increased by 0.6% and 4.8% respectively. Moreover, long-haul visitors from the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom recorded year-on-year decrease.