Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong exceeded 2.45 million in July, representing growth of 12.3% compared with the same month in 2006, and average occupancy across all categories of hotels in July was 90%, says the Hong Kong Tourism Board.<\/p>\n
This took cumulative arrivals for January-July 2007 to over 15.48 million, 7.7% more than in the same period last year.<\/p>\n
Visitors from Mainland China represented 56.6% of July arrivals. Travelers under the Individual Visit Scheme in July numbered 799,582, 57.5% of the Mainland total and 30.7% more than in the same month last year.<\/p>\n
Over 1.55 million July arrivals (63.2% of the total) stayed in the city for at least one night, with the remainder of more than 904,000 (36.8%) classified as same-day in-town visitors. Between January and July 2007, there were more than 9.43 million overnight visitor arrivals (60.9% of the total), while those who left on the same day of arrival reached 6.05 million (39.1%).<\/p>\n
Overall visitor arrivals to Hong Kong numbered 2,455,224 in July, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%. Cumulative arrivals for January to July stood at 15,484,592, a growth of 7.7% compared with the same period in 2006.<\/p>\n
Arrivals from Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the strongest market region in July, reached 170,062. Among the individual markets in this region, both the U.K. (43,924 arrivals, +24.8%) and the Middle East (16,844 arrivals, +32.5%) registered significant gain in July. The cumulative 7-month arrivals numbered 1,201,425, a 16.3% increase.<\/p>\n
Some 63.2% of all visitors to Hong Kong in July stayed in the city for at least one night, 1.3 percentage points lower than for the same month last year. The remaining 36.8% same-day in-town visitors either returned home or left for another destination on the same day as arrival.<\/p>\n
The average achieved hotel room rate across all hotel categories for the month was HK$1,033, 12.6% higher than in July 2006. The average occupancy across all categories of hotels for January-July 2007 was 84%, two percentage points lower than in the same period in 2006. The average achieved room rate across all hotel categories was HK$1,157, 12.6% higher than in the first seven months of 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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