23-37 Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence
(10 000 person-times)
Country/Territory of residence 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
           
The mainland of China 1254.1 1359.1 1548.6 1686.2 1795.7
South and Southeast Asia 241.3 266.0 288.8 293.6 288.5
Taiwan, China 213.1 217.7 223.9 224.0 201.0
North Asia 185.3 203.0 220.1 222.9 182.3
Europe, Africa and the Middle East 172.6 191.7 218.9 209.4 196.9
The Americas 156.5 163.1 178.4 168.5 156.8
Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific 62.0 66.8 75.7 76.3 70.8
Macao, China 51.0 57.8 62.6 69.7 67.1
 
Total 2335.9 2525.1 2816.9 2950.7 2959.1
  (+7.1) (+8.1) (+11.6) (+4.7) (+0.3)
           
Note : Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the preceding year.