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Hong Kong Travelers Surge In May
June 28, 2007 |
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Total visitor arrivals to Hong Kong exceeded 2.2 million in May 2007, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%, the Hong Kong Tourism Board announced.
The increase took the cumulative total for January to May 2007 to almost 11 million, 6.7% higher than in the first five months of 2006. All market regions registered arrivals increases in May 2007. In particular, several long-haul markets continued to perform strongly, with Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific rising by 18.7% (59,507), followed by Europe, Africa and the Middle East (161,019, 15.7%).
Double-digit increase was also seen from Mainland China (1,212,715, 16.0%), while more modest but equally encouraging growth was seen from South & Southeast Asia (253,138, 9.4%), The Americas (138,816, 7.1%), North Asia (169,469, 5.0%) and Taiwan (164,907, 3.4%). Mainland China continued to provide the largest share of arrivals to Hong Kong in May 2007, the 1,212,715 visitors representing 55.1% of the city’s monthly total and a year-on-year increase of 16.0%. Of the Mainland arrivals for the month, 678,233 or 55.9% travelled under the Individual Visit Scheme, 43.2% more than in May 2006.
HKTB Chairman The Hon James Tien said that although the Golden Week holiday gave a boost to Mainland arrivals in May, the HKTB would continue to keep a watchful eye on the arrival trends. "Fluctuations in Mainland arrivals have been observed since the beginning of this year," he remarked. "Indeed, as the Mainland market continues to evolve into maturity, we expect this pattern will persist in the coming months."
In May 2007, more than 1.33 million arrivals (60.7% of the total) stayed in the city for at least one night, while some 865,100 (39.3%) were classified as same-day in-town visitors. In January-May 2007, over 6.67 million (60.7%) visitors stayed overnight, with some 4.32 million (39.3%) leaving on the day of arrival.
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