24-36  Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence
				(10 000 persons)
Country/Territory of residence	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The mainland of China	378.6	444.9	682.5	846.7	1224.6
Taiwan, China	238.6	241.9	242.9	185.2	207.5
South & Southeast Asia	174.7	174.7	190.5	136.0	207.8
North Asia	175.5	176.2	185.2	123.5	166.5
The Americas	129.6	125.9	134.7	92.6	140.0
Europe, Africa & the Middle East	122.3	117.1	126.3	94.6	138.0
Macao, China	45.0	53.2	53.5	44.4	48.4
Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific	41.7	38.7	41.0	30.6	48.3
Total	1305.9	1372.5	1656.6	1533.7	2181.0
	(+15.3)	(+5.1)	(+20.7)	(-6.2)	(+40.4)
Note: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period in preceding year and are calculated based on unrounded figures.