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Visitor Arrivals for December 2017


Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals totalled 3,053,690 in December 2017, the highest monthly record since August 2014, up by 8.5% year-on-year and 7.8% month-to-month. Overnight visitors (1,635,305) and same-day visitors (1,418,385) went up by 5.5% and 12.2% respectively year-on year. The average length of stay of visitors held steady year-on-year at 1.2 days, with that of overnight visitors and same-day visitors standing at 2.1 days and 0.2 day respectively.

Visitors from Mainland China increased by 15.8% year-on-year to 2,068,760 in December, with those travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme rising by 15.7% to 983,933. Mainland visitors came primarily from Guangdong Province (817,005), Hunan Province (98,474), Hubei Province (74,925) and Fujian Province (73,037). Visitors from Hong Kong (572,470) and Taiwan (88,591) dropped by 5.4% and 6.4% respectively year-on-year, while those from the Republic of Korea (77,141) rose by 9.0%. Meanwhile, visitors from the United States (17,745), Canada (7,184) and the United Kingdom (4,499) registered decreases, whereas those from Australia (9,460) increased.

Visitor arrivals reached 32,610,506 in 2017, up by 5.4% year-on-year. Overnight visitors (17,254,838) increased by 9.9% and same-day visitors (15,355,668) edged up by 0.7%. The average length of stay of visitors remained the same as in 2016 at 1.2 days; the average stay of overnight visitors and same-day visitors held stable at 2.1 days and 0.2 day respectively. Analysed by country/place, visitors from Mainland China (22,196,203) and the Republic of Korea (874,253) went up by 8.5% and 32.0% respectively year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (6,165,129) and Taiwan (1,060,107) decreased by 4.0% and 1.3% respectively. Moreover, visitors from the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom recorded decline.

Analysed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by land rose by 4.9% year-on-year to 18,629,788, with those arriving through the Border Gate (16,098,629) increasing by 4.0%. Visitor arrivals by sea (11,236,083) went up by 4.3% year-on-year; those disembarking at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (6,888,952) and Taipa Ferry Terminal (4,347,131) grew by 5.4% and 2.8% respectively. Visitor arrivals by air increased by 13.7% year-on-year to 2,744,635, with those arriving at the airport (2,731,605) rising by 13.6%.



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