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.)