Hong Kong welcomed almost 3.4 million visitors in April, according to provisional figures from the Tourism Board. Though it represents a 17.3 per cent increase in visitors compared to last April, the number of arrivals still lags behind the figures seen before the city enacted prolonged Covid-19 travel restrictions in 2020.
The city saw 3,391,381 visitors in 2024, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said in a Tuesday press release – 73.23 per cent of which were from the mainland.
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“For short-haul markets, driven by the end of Ramadan, visitor arrivals from Indonesia increased by more than 80% from the same period of 2023,” the HKTB said. “In terms of long-haul markets such as the US and Canada, visitor arrivals also increased by more than 80% year on year.”
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