Visitor Arrivals for February Reach 4 Million

Post Date: 15 Mar 2024
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The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that, driven by the Chinese New Year holidays and various festive mega events, the provisional visitor arrivals of February were 4 million, about 1.7 times increase year on year. Among them, 80% were Mainland visitors, accounting for 3.246 million arrivals, nearly double the year-on-year figure.

 

Cumulatively, a total of 7.83 million visitor arrivals were recorded in the first two months of this year, a three-fold increase over the same period last year, while the average daily visitor arrivals were about 130,000.

 

Provisional visitor arrivals in February 2024

Markets February
(year-on-year change) 		January to February
(year-on-year change)
Mainland 3,245,911（+192.8%） 6,230,170（+348.5%）
Non-Mainland* 755,279（+113.8%） 1,596,637（+179.4%）
Short-haul 424,240（+155.8%） 900,563（+260.3%）
Long-haul 190,177（+151.5%） 417,700（+222%）
New markets 38,799（+192%） 85,146（+333.7%）
Total 4,001,190（+173.7%） 7,826,807（+299.2%）

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 February 2024 visitor arrivals will be released on 28 March.)