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A record 1,695,633 visitors came to Hong Kong in October, up 7% from last year and the highest ever recorded for a single month.
The average occupancy rate across all categories of hotels and tourist guesthouses was 85%, the same as for October last year.
Performance was boosted by strong arrivals from the Mainland during the National Day 'Golden Week' holiday, as well as by the Tourism Board's promotional events.
The arrivals included 878,581 from the Mainland, an increase of 31.2% on last year.
Cumulatively, arrivals from the Mainland over the first 10 months of 2003 showed 21.2% growth over 2002. The second highest number of arrivals came from Taiwan at 196,983, followed by 159,661 from South and Southeast Asia.
For long-haul markets, Europe, Africa and the Middle East were the strongest October performers with 150,017 arrivals, a marked improvement on the 91,056 in September.
Full recovery not expected until next year
As October saw more business travel and trade fairs, High Tariff A hotels averaged 86% occupancy while hotels in Central and Admiralty had a 91% occupancy rate.
The average achieved room rate across all hotels strengthened to $919, although this is 2% lower than in October last year.
Cumulatively, occupancy for the first 10 months stood at 66%, compared with 83% for the same period last year, primarily due to the severe impact of SARS.
The board does not expect a full recovery across all markets until mid-next year.
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