City welcomed 23.6 million tourists between January and June, 17.8 million of them came from mainland China

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to adopt innovative thinking to make the city a “preferred travel destination”, following a 12 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during the first half of the year.

Latest figures by the Hong Kong Tourism Board showed that the city welcomed about 3.48 million visitors in June, bringing the total number from January to June to more than 23.6 million, a 12 per cent year-on-year increase.

Three-quarters of the arrivals, or 17.8 million, came from mainland China.

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