Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 7.1% year-on-year to 2,871,088 in August 2013; same-day visitors accounted for 50.3% of the total, at 1,445,589. In August 2013, visitors from Mainland China increased by 15.1% year-on-year to 1,881,588, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (861,944) and Fujian Province (75,787); Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme totalled 894,403. Moreover, visitors from the Republic of Korea (48,395) increased slightly by 0.7%, while those from Hong Kong (646,301); Taiwan, China (98,647) and Indonesia (31,012) decreased by 4.5%, 7.2% and 1.7%. Long-haul visitors from Australia (6,813) and the UK (5,214) increased by 1.6% and 0.5% year-on-year, whereas those from the US (12,714) and Canada (5,533) decreased by 6.1% and 8.0% respectively. The average length of stay of visitors held stable from a year earlier, at 1.0 day in August 2013; overnight and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively. Visitor arrivals totalled 19,578,498 from January to August 2013, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 11.1% and 4.7% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China decreased by 3.9% and 10.0%. Long-haul visitors from the US (115,337), Australia (68,846) and Canada (47,030) saw year-on-year decline; on the contrary, those from the UK (38,793) registered year-on-year increase.
Is there anything wrong with this page?