Benefitting from a strong rebound from the international and long-haul markets, as well as mainland China, Hong Kong witnessed an increase in international visitor arrivals during the first three months of 2010.

The number of international visitor arrivals for this period recorded approximately 8.6 million, an increase by around 16.5% as compared to the same period of 2009.

Visitor arrivals from mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea witnessed double-digit growths in the first quarter of 2010.

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