HKTB Announces an 80% Year-on-Year Increase for Visitor Arrivals of the First 5 Months of 2024

Datum: 17 Jun 2024
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that the provisional visitor arrivals for May were 3.4 million, showing a 20% year-on-year increase. Mainland visitors accounted for 2.63 million, about 15% increase from the same period last year. Non-Mainland visitors increased by 43% year on year, recording more than 770,000. Cumulatively, a total of 18 million visitors arrived in Hong Kong from January to May this year, increasing by 80% from the same period last year.

 

Provisional visitor arrivals in May 2024

Markets May
(year-on-year change) 		January to May
(year-on-year change)
Mainland 2,627,401（+14.8%） 13,804,878（+73.5%）
Non-Mainland* 771,057（+42.6%） 4,213,759（+93.5%）
Short-haul 419,261（+52.5%） 2,302,279（+124.3%）
Long-haul 206,035（+41.6%） 1,194,583（+107.8%）
New markets 62,021（+116.8%） 261,075（+174.9%）
Total 3,398,458（+20.2%） 18,018,637（+77.8%）

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 May 2024 visitor arrivals will be released on 28 June.)