Hong Kong's best-ever September tourism figures have taken total visitor arrivals for the first nine months of 2004 past the 15.7 million mark, more than the total for the full year in 2003. September's arrivals of 1,688,300 were more than 200,000 ahead of the previous best total for that month, the 1.48 million arrivals achieved in September 2003. They represent 14.2% growth on the 2003 figure and 23.2% growth on the same month in 2002.<\/p>\n
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For the first nine months of 2004 overall, Hong Kong has welcomed 15,758,092 arrivals, growth of 52.1% on the same period in 2003 and 34.2% on 2002. This surpasses the 15.54 million arrivals recorded for the entire 12 months of 2003.<\/p>\n
Many individual source markets and regions have also now bettered their 2003 full-year totals, including Mainland China with 8.98 million arrivals from January to September, compared with 8.47 million for the whole of 2003. Other short-haul markets to reach this landmark include Singapore and Thailand (which both achieved it by August), South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia and India, while in the long-haul markets the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand have all done so.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Executive Director Clara Chong said it was very encouraging news to see such a consistent pattern of recovery across different markets worldwide, especially the long-haul markets. \u0093This is a testament to the success of our vigorous global marketing activities,\u0094 she commented. \u0093Not only have we passed our 2003 totals already, we also have the historically busiest final quarter of the year to come. October should be another very strong month, especially in view of the National Day \u0091Golden Week' at the beginning of the month. We have also now entered a busy period for business travel, as many international conventions and exhibitions are being staged, while our Hong Kong WinterFest promotion in December will give a further boost to the family market.\u0094<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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