Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in January 2012

Hong Kong visitor arrivals reached 4,142,042 in January 2012, representing a 15.1% year-on-year increase.

The growth was mainly led by the increased visitor traffic from Mainland China during the Chinese New Year holiday, which fell in February last year but January this year.

As a result, arrivals from the Mainland rose by over 20%. On the contrary, the performance of short-haul and long-haul markets was relatively sluggish.

Mainland China: Total arrivals went up by 23.9% to 3,101,578. Of these, 69.5% or over 2.15 million travelled under the Individual Visit Scheme, which was 24.5% more than last January. Summary of markets:

Short-haul markets: Overall arrivals fell by 4.9%, but South Korea and the Philippines registered growth of 7.7% and 10.3% respectively.

Long-haul markets: Overall arrivals dropped by 6.2% year-on-year.

Overnight Visitors

In January, overnight arrivals and same-day arrivals each took up about half of the total arrivals, with the former reaching 2.05 million (+14.3%), while the latter standing at some 2.10 million (+15.9%).

Among all markets, Mainland China registered the biggest growth in overnight arrivals at about 1.40 million, accounting for a 24.5% increase and 45% of all Mainland arrivals during the month.

See also: Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in January 2011 and Hong Kong Visitor Arrivals in January 2010

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