Finance chief points to year-on-year growth in number of visitor arrivals recorded as sign of recovery
The minister noted the city recorded about 20 million visitor arrivals in the first five months of the year, with mainlanders accounting for about three-quarters of the figure.
In comparison, Hong Kong logged about 18 million visitor arrivals between January and May of last year. Mainland travellers made up nearly 80 per cent of those tourists.
“The diverse events bring together common fans from local and surrounding areas, including more than 80 million compatriots in the Greater Bay Area, as well as friends from the rest of the mainland and other parts of Asia,” he said.
