Appendix 8 - Statistics on Incoming Visitors by Country / Territory of Residence

  Visitors
Country / Territory of Residence 2010 2011 2012
Mainland 22 684 388 28 100 129
(+23.9%)
34 911 395
(+24.2%)
Taiwan 2 164 750 2 148 733
(-0.7%)
2 088 745
(-2.8%)
Japan 1 316 618 1 283 687
(-2.5%)
1 254 602
(-2.3%)
U.S.A. 1 171 419 1 212 336
(+3.5%)
1 184 757
(-2.3%)
Macao 780 388 843 330
(+8.1%)
882 942
(+4.7%)
Singapore 709 777 793 887
(+11.9%)
728 224
(-8.3%)
United Kingdom 515 693 506 557
(-1.8%)
533 238
(+5.3%)
Korea (Republic of) 891 024 1 020 996
(+14.6%)
1 078 458
(+5.6%)
Australia 650 681 644 596
(-0.9%)
632 462
(-1.9%)
Malaysia 578 877 632 858
(+9.3%)
624 859
(-1.3%)
Others 4 566 716 4 734 201
(+3.7%)
4 695 431
(-0.8%)
Total 36 030 331 41 921 310
(+16.4%)
48 615 113
(+16.0%)

Figures include visitor arrivals via Macao.
Figures in brackets denote percentage changes over the preceding year.