April Visitors Up 18% From March

Hong Kong's tourism revival continued last month, although visitor numbers remain far below pre-pandemic levels, according to official data released on Monday.

The Hong Kong Tourism Board said the city recorded 2.89 million provisional visitor arrivals last month, which marks an 18 percent increase from the month before.

But daily visitor numbers last month were still only about 58 percent of of what they were before Covid struck in early 2020.

According to the board, the majority of visitors were from Mainland China and Southeast Asia, with mainland visitors accounting for almost 80 percent of arrivals last month.

It noted a significant increase in mainland visitors during the last weekend of April, just ahead of the Labour Day Golden Week.

There was also a significant rise in visitors from Southeast Asian markets during the Easter holidays and the end of Ramadan, the board said.