Hong Kong Breaks Visitor Number Records

Hong Kong visitor arrivals reached 37,770,230 in the first 11 months of 2011.

The figure not only represents a 16.3% increase compared to the equivalent period in 2010, but has also surpassed the yearly total of 2010.

In November alone, arrivals rose by 16.4% year-on-year to 3,552,733, making it the November with the highest number of visitor arrivals in record.

In November, arrivals from Mainland China surged by 24.8% year-on-year to beyond 2.3 million, as consumers’ travel and consumption sentiments remained strong.

Of these, 63.9% or around 1.5 million made their trip on the Individual Visit Scheme, a rise of 27.6% over November 2010.

Cumulatively, Mainland arrivals climbed up by 23.8% to a historic high of over 25 million, surpassing the 12-month total of 2010.