The Hong Kong Tourism Board announced on Sept. 16 that the preliminary figure for August reached 5.15 million visitor arrivals, setting a new post-pandemic monthly record and representing a 16% increase compared to the same period last year. Cumulatively, from January to August this year, Hong Kong received approximately 33 million visitor arrivals, a 12% year-on-year increase. Among these, mainland visitors accounted for 25.53 million, while non-mainland visitors reached 7.65 million, recording double-digit growth of 11% and 16% year-on-year, respectively.
In the first eight months of this year, visitor arrivals from short-haul source markets increased by 18% year-on-year, with particularly strong performance from the Taiwan region, South Korea, and Japan. Arrivals from long-haul markets rose by 19% year-on-year, with Australia showing the best performance.
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