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Visitor arrivals hit 2,352,456 in February, up 2.9% on the same month last year, the Tourism Board says. The rise took the cumulative total for the first two months to 4,871,022 - 9.4% higher than the same period last year.
All three long-haul market regions achieved double-digit gain in February. Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific grew 26.2%, Europe, Africa & the Middle East went up 20.1%, and the Americas rose 14.1%.
As for the short-haul regions, both North Asia and South & Southeast Asia registered growth of about 20%.
Continued strong growth was recorded in high-potential markets, such as South Korea (50.1%) and the Philippines (12.9%), as well as in the emerging market of Russia (46.9%) and India (10.8%).
The Mainland continued to be the city's leading source market with arrivals dropping 2.6% to 1,442,302. Among them, 59.3% arrived under the Individual Visit Scheme, down 6.9%.
About 59% of all visitors to Hong Kong stayed in the city for at least one night, three percentage points lower than for the same month last year.
Hotel occupancy across all categories of hotels was 80%, the same as in February last year. The average achieved hotel room rate was $1,132, 10.6% higher than a year earlier.
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