Hong Kong welcomes more visitors in September
The Hong Kong tourism board has released figures showing a rise in tourist arrivals in September.
Hong Kong saw a 15.9 per cent annual increase in visitors in September, with some 2.12 million people heading to the destination.
According to figures from the region's tourism board, activity in September took the total number of visitors for the first nine months of the year to 20.36 million, 9.6 per cent more than the corresponding period of 2006.
People from New Zealand (32.3 per cent) accounted for the greatest proportion of visitors to Hong Kong, while travellers from Canada (26.2 per cent) and the UK (16.3 per cent) showed that the destination is popular for long-haul trips.
Some 58 per cent of the tourists who visited Hong Kong in September stayed in the city for at least one night.
Between January and September more than 12.4 million visitors, or 61 per cent, stayed in Hong Kong for at least one night, while 7.9 million left on the day of arrival.
Hong Kong, which ceased to be a British colony in 1997, has developed into a highly popular tourist destination, with attractions including the Kowloon city park, the Miu Fat monastery and Victoria Peak mountain.
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