There were 19,218,540 visitor arrivals in the first half of this year, representing a year-on-year increase of 14.9 per cent, according to data from the SAR’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
Based on the DSEC data, same-day visitors (11,182,913) and overnight visitors (8,035,627) rose by 25.8% and 2.6% year-on-year, respectively.
Meanwhile, visitors from mainland China in this year’s first half increased by 19.3 per cent year-on-year to 13,767,819, while visitors from Hong Kong SAR (3,647,321) and Taiwan region (461,735) increased by 1.1 and 14 per cent year-on-year, respectively. International visitors totalled 1,341,674 in the first half of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of 14.8 per cent. – GNM
Image: DSEC
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