Hong Kong Month-to-month Customer Arrivals Exceeds a Million First Time in Three Years

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) introduced that Hong Kong noticed a provisional customer arrival of 1.462 million in February, a triple of that in January. The determine first exceeded a million because the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020 and is equal to about 30% of that earlier than the pandemic.

Among the many arrivals, Mainland guests reveals a big enhance. Different short-haul guests primarily got here from Southeast Asia. Share of leisure guests can be on a steady rise.

Provisional Customer Arrivals of February 2023

Markets	2022		2023
	Dec	Annual	Jan	Feb
Mainland	67,244	375,130	280,525	1,108,653
Non-Mainland*	93,334	229,434	218,164	353,316
Brief-haul	49,532	107,304	84,098	165,847
Lengthy-haul	34,077	95,437	54,109	75,628
New markets	5,444	16,473	6,343	13,288
Whole	160,578	604,564	498,689	1,461,969

 

Word: Due to rounding, the overall might differ from the sum of the person figures.

*Contains figures from long-haul, short-haul, and new markets, in addition to the Macao SAR.

(Full particulars of January 2023 customer arrivals might be launched on 28 February.)