24-37  Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence
	(10 000 person-times)
Country/Territory of residence	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
The mainland of China	1548.6	1686.2	1795.7	2268.4	2810.0
South and Southeast Asia	288.8	293.6	288.5	350.1	375.1
Taiwan, China	223.9	224.0	201.0	216.5	214.9
North Asia	220.1	222.9	182.3	220.8	230.5
Europe, Africa and the Middle East	218.9	209.4	196.9	217.4	219.4
The Americas	178.4	168.5	156.8	175.0	182.1
Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific	75.7	76.3	70.8	76.9	75.8
Macao, China①	62.6	69.7	67.1	78.0	84.3
Total	2816.9	2950.7	2959.1	3603.0	4192.1
	(+11.6)	(+4.7)	(+0.3)	(+21.8)	(+16.4)
Notes : Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the preceding year.
①Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.