Hong Kong welcomed 34 million visitors in 2023, figure for December reached 65% of pre-pandemic levels
- Dane Cheng, executive director of Tourism Board, reveals number of visitors in 2023 surpassed original forecast of 30 million
- About 4 million visitors came to Hong Kong in December last year, according to board
Hong Kong welcomed 34 million visitors last year, with the figure for December reaching 65 per cent of the pre-pandemic level as the city rolled out a series of events to attract tourists during the festive season.
Dane Cheng Ting-yat, executive director of the Tourism Board, on Saturday said that the number of visitors in 2023 surpassed the original forecast of 30 million and was 55 per cent of the average recorded in 2017 and 2018.
“The number of 34 million tourists is better than what we expected, hitting 55 per cent of the pre-pandemic levels. For December alone, the number of visitors reached 65 per cent of the pre-Covid level,” he told a radio programme.
“With the aviation industry gradually resuming its capacity and better arrangements at different border checkpoints to facilitate the flow of passengers, we hope that this rising trend will continue.”
Cheng added the board did not currently have a forecast for the number of tourists for this year as they were still making assessments.
