| 24-37 Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence | |||||
| (10 000 persons) | |||||
| Country/Territory of residence | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| The mainland of China | 682.5 | 846.7 | 1224.6 | 1254.1 | 1359.1 |
| South & Southeast Asia | 190.5 | 136.0 | 207.8 | 241.3 | 266.0 |
| Taiwan, China | 242.9 | 185.2 | 207.5 | 213.1 | 217.7 |
| North Asia | 185.2 | 123.5 | 166.5 | 185.3 | 203.0 |
| Europe, Africa & the Middle East | 126.3 | 94.6 | 138.0 | 172.6 | 191.7 |
| The Americas | 134.7 | 92.6 | 140.0 | 156.5 | 163.1 |
| Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific | 41.0 | 30.6 | 48.3 | 62.0 | 66.8 |
| Macao, China | 53.5 | 44.4 | 48.4 | 51.0 | 57.8 |
| Total | 1656.6 | 1553.7 | 2181.1 | 2335.9 | 2525.1 |
| (+20.7) | (-6.2) | (+40.4) | (+7.1) | (+8.1) | |
| Note : Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the preceding year and are calculated based on unrounded figures. | |||||