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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that Hong Kong recorded 5.15 million visitor arrivals provisionally in August, equivalent to a 16% year-on-year increase. It is the highest monthly record since travel resumed after the pandemic. Cumulatively, Hong Kong received about 33 million visitors from January to August this year, a 12% increase from the same period last year.
Among the visitors, 25.53 million were from the Mainland and 7.65 million came from other markets, showing double-digit year-on-year percentage growth of 11% and 16% respectively. In the first eight months of the year, number of visitors from short-haul markets increased by 18% from the same period last year, with better turnouts from Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Number of visitors from long-haul markets increased by 19% year on year, with Australia showing the most significant growth.
Provisional visitor arrivals of August 2025
| Markets |
August
(year on year change)
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January to August
(year-on-year change) |
| Mainland |
4,223,347（+15%) |
25,527,444（+11%） |
| Non-Mainland* |
929,490（+17%） |
7,652,007（+16%） |
| Short-haul Markets |
482,805（+17%) |
4,199,959（+18%） |
| Long-haul Markets |
245,397（+23%） |
2,172,631（+19%） |
| New Markets |
59,320（+13%） |
476,326（+14%） |
| Total |
5,152,837（+16%） |
33,179,451（+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 August 2025 visitor arrivals will be released on 30 September.)
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