HK’s arrivals growth continues

HONG KONG – Figures released yesterday by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) showed that visitor arrivals in May this year reached 2,342,146, 6.3 percent more than in May 2007. This brings cumulative arrivals for the first five months of the year to 12,037,578, 9.5 percent higher than the same period last year.

Almost all long- and short-haul market regions recorded positive growth in May. For visitor mix, the proportion of arrivals from Mainland China and those from all other market regions remained steady at 55:45, same as last year.

Among various individual source markets, South Korea achieved the highest growth rate at 32.6 percent. Arrivals from the emerging markets of India and Russia also gained 32.2 percent and 14.2 percent respectively.