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.