24-37 Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence
	(10 000 person-times)
Country/Territory of residence	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
The mainland of China	1359.1	1548.6	1686.2	1795.7	2268.4
South and Southeast Asia	266.0	288.8	293.6	288.5	350.1
Taiwan, China	217.7	223.9	224.0	201.0	216.5
North Asia	203.0	220.1	222.9	182.3	220.8
Europe, Africa and the Middle East	191.7	218.9	209.4	196.9	217.4
The Americas	163.1	178.4	168.5	156.8	175.0
Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific	66.8	75.7	76.3	70.8	76.9
Macao, China	57.8	62.6	69.7	67.1	78.0
Total	2525.1	2816.9	2950.7	2959.1	3603.0
	(+8.1)	(+11.6)	(+4.7)	(+0.3)	(+21.8)
Note : Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the preceding year.