Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals for May 2012

Hong Kong recorded a total of 3,638,934 visitor arrivals in May 2012, 12.7% more than in the same month last year.

Cumulative arrivals from January to May 2012 increased by 14.8% year-on-year to reach 18,701,842, with growth achieved across the Mainland, short-haul and long-haul market regions.

Overnight Visitor Arrivals

This May, overnight arrivals and same-day, in-town arrivals accounted for 48.5% and 51.5% of the total arrivals to Hong Kong respectively.

Overnight arrivals rose by 2.5% year-on-year to exceed 1.76 million.

Of all market regions, North Asia registered the greatest increase in overnight arrivals, with the figure rising by 4.3% to over 110,000 visitors, accounting for 63.9% of overall arrivals from North Asia.

Total same-day arrivals from all markets grew by 24.2% to over 1.87 million.

See also: Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in April 2011, Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in April 2010

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