| 23-37 Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence | |||||
| (10 000 person-times) | |||||
| Country/Territory of residence | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| The mainland of China | 1224.6 | 1254.1 | 1359.1 | 1548.6 | 1686.2 |
| South and Southeast Asia | 207.8 | 241.3 | 266.0 | 288.8 | 293.6 |
| Taiwan, China | 207.5 | 213.1 | 217.7 | 223.9 | 224.0 |
| North Asia | 166.5 | 185.3 | 203.0 | 220.1 | 222.9 |
| Europe, Africa and the Middle East | 138.0 | 172.6 | 191.7 | 218.9 | 209.4 |
| The Americas | 140.0 | 156.5 | 163.1 | 178.4 | 168.5 |
| Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific | 48.3 | 62.0 | 66.8 | 75.7 | 76.3 |
| Macao, China | 48.4 | 51.0 | 57.8 | 62.6 | 69.7 |
| Total | 2181.1 | 2335.9 | 2525.1 | 2816.9 | 2950.7 |
| (+40.4) | (+7.1) | (+8.1) | (+11.6) | (+4.7) | |
| Note : Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the preceding year and are calculated based on unrounded figures. | |||||