HKTB Announces Provisional Visitor Arrivals for November

Post Date: 15 Dec 2025
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) today (15 December) announced that Hong Kong recorded provisional visitor arrivals of around 4.2 million for November, an increase of 17% compared with the same month last year. From January to November, Hong Kong received around 45 million visitors, marking a 12% year-on-year rise and surpassing the whole-year total for 2024.

 

Visitors in the first 11 months of the year included about 34.5 million from the Chinese Mainland, increasing by 11% from the same period last year. There were around 10 million non-Chinese Mainland visitors, a 16% year-on-year increase. Arrivals for both short-haul and long-haul markets saw growth of nearly 20%. 

 

Provisional visitor arrivals of November 2025

Markets

November

(year-on-year change) 

 January to November
(year-on-year change)
Mainland 3,041,327 (+19%)  34,479,378 (+11%) 
Non-Mainland* 1,147,945 (+14%)  10,770,057 (+16%) 
Short-haul Markets 605,631 (+9%)  5,858,333 (+17%) 
Long-haul Markets 377,763 (+22%)  3,163,052 (+19%)
New Markets 72,202 (+20%)  686,461 (+16%) 
Total 4,189,272 (+17%)  45,249,435 (+12%) 

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 November 2025 visitor arrivals will be released on 31 December.)