Hong Kong Tourism Board announces a 40% year-on-year increase in March visitor arrivals, with significant growth in both short-haul and long-haul markets.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that the provisional visitor arrivals figure for March was about 3.4 million, about 40% increase year on year. Cumulatively, a total of 11.23 million visitor arrivals were recorded in the first quarter of this year (January to March), representing 1.5 times year-on-year increment and 5% increase from the fourth quarter of 2023, reflecting the continued and gradual growth of visitor arrivals.
Provisional visitor arrivals for March 2024
Markets | March
(year-on-year change) |
January to March (year-on-year change) |
Mainland | 2,467,491(+25.4%) | 8,699,981(+159.1%) |
Non-Mainland* | 934,500(+92.1%) | 2,528,817(+139.3%) |
Short-haul | 499,550(+114.5%) | 1,401,089(+190.6%) |
Long-haul | 285,827(+117.1%) | 700,088(+168.5%) |
New markets | 54,169(+189%) | 138,564(+270.2%) |
Total | 3,401,991(+38.6%) | 11,228,798(+154.3%) |
Note: Because of rounding, the total may differ from the sum of the individual figures.
*Includes figures from long-haul, short-haul and new markets, as well as the Macao SAR. (Full details of March 2024 visitor arrivals will be released on 30 April.)
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