Hong Kong can expect more tourists this year but they will be spending less per head, according to the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. Visitors are expected to spend an average of HK$5,800 on overnight stays this year, a 16 per cent decrease from last year.
The bureau’s estimated that per capita expenditure by overnight visitors stands at HK$5,800, according to figures released in the 2024 budget on Wednesday, down from last year’s HK$6,939. Overnight visitors spent HK$6,614 in 2018.
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Those figures are based on the Hong Kong Tourism Board’s departing visitor survey.
Meanwhile, the bureau expects a 35.3 per cent increase in visitor arrivals this year, from 34 million to 46 million. In 2018, Hong Kong saw 65.15 million total arrivals.
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