　

24-36 Visitor Arrivals by Country/Territory of Residence
			(10 000 persons)
Country/Territory of residence	1998	2002	2003

The mainland of China	267.2	682.5	846.7
Taiwan, China	188.6	242.9	185.2
South & Southeast Asia	127.3	190.5	136.0
North Asia	129.8	185.2	123.5
The Americas	110.5	134.7	92.6
Europe, Africa & the Middle East	112.6	126.3	94.6
Macao, China	44.2	53.5	44.4
Australia, New Zealand & South Pacific	35.8	41.0	30.6
Total	1016.0	1656.6	1533.7
	(-9.9)	(+20.7)	(-6.2)


Note: Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period in preceding year and are calculated based on unrounded figures.