Hong Kong visitor arrivals up 16 percent in 11 months.

The Hong Kong Administrative Region recorded about 45 million visitor arrivals in the first 11 months of 2025, up 12 percent year on year, surpassing the total number of visitors for the entire year of 2024, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said Monday.

Among them, approximately 34.50 million visitor arrivals were from the mainland, rising 11 percent from last year. Visitor arrivals from elsewhere expanded 16 percent year on year to about 10 million, the data showed.

In addition, the data indicated that both the short-distance and long-distance markets recorded growth of nearly 20 percent in these 11 months.