Hong Kong welcomes 12.2 million visitors in first quarter, up 9% year on year

Hong Kong welcomed 12.2 million visitors in the first quarter of the year, a 9 per cent increase over the same period in 2024, due largely to a spate of mega-events in March, the Tourism Board said on Monday.

Last month alone, the number of arrivals jumped 12 per cent year on year to 3.82 million amid the city’s first “Super March” campaign, which included events such as the pop culture showcase ComplexCon, the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament, art fairs Art Basel and Art Central, and the LIV Golf Hong Kong competition.

Of the 12.2 million arrivals in the first quarter, 9.25 million or 75.8 per cent visited from mainland China, a 6 per cent year-on-year rise. The number from non-mainland short- and long-haul places of origin…