Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong up 20% in May-2019, arrivals from Mainland China up 24%

Hong Kong Tourism Board reported (28-Jun-2019) visitor arrivals to Hong Kong for May-2019. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 5.9 million, +19.5% year-on-year;
  • Mainland China: 4.7 million, +23.6%;
  • Short haul (excludes mainland China): 779,653, +9.4%;
    • Taiwan: 145,912, -3.4%;
    • Macau: 116,949, +52.5%;
    • Japan: 115,504, +9.5%;
    • Philippines: 107,275, +18.5%;
    • South Korea: 106,017, -5.1%;
    • Thailand: 60,311, +16.1%;
    • Singapore: 48,231, -1.2%;
    • Malaysia: 39,857, +12.1%;
  • Long haul: 348,471, -0.3%;
    • US: 106,604, +2.9%;
    • Australia: 46,496, +7.9%;
    • UK: 42,058, -3.7%. [more - original PR - Chinese/English]