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Hong Kong saw a 2.9% year-on-year drop in visitors in August to 2.68 million, bringing the cumulative arrivals for the year's first eight months to 19.6 million - up 7.3% on the same period last year, the Tourism Board says.
Except the Mainland, all long- and short-haul market regions recorded a drop in arrivals, being continually affected by a combination of factors in the macro environment like the economic downturn and the Mainland's adjustment in visa policy.
Falls were registered in arrivals from Taiwan (-0.4%), North Asia (-2.9%), South & Southeast Asia (-13.6%), Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific (-15.7%), the Americas (-15.8%), and Europe, Africa & the Middle East (-20.5%).
Mainland arrivals grew 0.8% to 1,699,309, with 63.5% arriving under the Individual Visit Scheme, up 2.6% over a year earlier.
About 60.4% of visitors stayed in the city for at least one night, 4.2 percentage points lower than the same month last year.
Hotel occupancy across all categories of hotels in August was 85%, six percentage points lower than a year earlier. The average achieved hotel room rate was $1,107, about 6.2% higher than August last year.
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