“Visitor arrivals” is the Census and Statistics Department tourism series. It is not the same as arrivals by mode of transport, which includes returning residents and is much larger.
Visitor arrivals in 2025 were 49.895 million, of which 37.834 million were classified under Chinese Mainland nationality/region. After arrival and departure cards were abolished on 16 October 2024, place-of-residence data stopped, and the table switched to nationality/region.
Accommodation supply falls under two separate licensing regimes and must not be summed. At end-2025 there were 333 licensed hotels with 93,472 rooms and a whole-year occupancy rate of 87%. Tourist guesthouses are a separate licence class (1,234 premises, 11,463 rooms, 68% occupancy) concentrated in older urban buildings and typically distinct from hotels in price and size.
Tourism’s economic impact goes beyond visitor headcount. In 2025, restaurant receipts totalled HK$109.6 billion and retail sales HK$533.9 billion; both combine local and visitor spending, so neither figure should be treated entirely as “tourism revenue”.
Official hard figures not yet recorded (all carry an explicit year): (1) Tourism Commission / C&SD visitor statistics by nationality, length of stay and per-capita spending; (2) HKHA / HKTB average hotel room rates by tier and month; (3) HKTB large-scale festival events (fireworks, food carnivals, etc.) official attendance and budgets; (4) PlanD visitor-attraction planning and LCSD museum/park attendance figures. Deliberately left blank: crowdsourced restaurant reviews, unverified attraction rankings and private-tour prices are deliberately not cited.
Output is concentrated in services (93.6% of GDP), earning income through trade, finance, logistics and professional services. 2025 GDP was HK$3,329.8 billion, or HK$444,044 per person, with merchandise trade ranking fifth among world economies.
Hong Kong maintains several control points with the mainland and Macao — road, sea and rail/high-speed rail — with different opening hours, some operating around the clock. The authoritative list and names come from the Immigration Department.
Hong Kong International Airport’s code is HKG; the telephone country code is +852. There is one major international airport, at Chek Lap Kok, opened on 6 July 1998.
The harbour skyline and dense cityscape, cha chaan teng and dim sum culture, the public transport network, country parks and hiking trails, and its role as a shopping and financial centre.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Census and Statistics Department publish annual visitor arrivals. In 2025 arrivals totalled about 55.3 million, up from 2024. Mainland visitors accounted for the majority, followed by Macao, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan, the United States and Europe.
Hong Kong ranks among the world’s most-visited destinations. Official statistics record tens of millions of arrivals a year and a vast hotel and guesthouse network, reflecting its draw as a tourist city.
There is no prescribed "recommended length of stay" for Hong Kong; it can vary from a day trip to long stays. Official annual data on arrivals, accommodation and events help you plan to your situation.
Officially Hong Kong counts licensed hotels rather than groups by brand. As of end-2025 there were 333 licensed hotels with 93,472 rooms, plus licensed guesthouses under a separate licence class. The exact brand distribution of each group is market information not collected here.
The ownership of Hong Kong Airlines and HK Express is private market information that changes with transactions; this site does not comment on it. Its hard data focus on aviation infrastructure and traffic: HKIA is run by the Airport Authority, with official passenger and aircraft-movement figures.
World Cup rights are bought by licensed broadcasters, so which channel airs it and how you watch is a commercial arrangement that changes each tournament. The site does not list current broadcasters; its official hard data focus on the visitors and spending that major events attract. For live coverage, follow the licensed broadcaster and the football body.
Hong Kong Sixes 係一項喺香港舉辦嘅國際六人板球（Six-a-side Cricket）賽事，邀請各國國家隊參賽。作為國際體育賽事，其歷史沿革屬可查證資料，但具體屆次與參賽名單以主辦單位公布為準，本站以官方紀載為依歸。
The Hong Kong Sixes is an international six-a-side cricket tournament hosted in Hong Kong, inviting national teams. As an international sport event its history is verifiable, but specific editions and participant lists follow the organiser’s announcements; this site deals in officially recorded facts.
What to eat, do or see is subjective recommendation. This site gives the overall picture through official restaurant and tourism statistics rather than rating individual venues; for specific picks see dining lists, LCSD facilities and tourism-promotion material.
Travel from Hong Kong to Pearl River Delta cities uses various cross-boundary modes (bridge, ports, high-speed rail, flights), with port arrangements and schedules changing. This site gives official public-transport, road and port hard data as background; specific services follow the latest port and operator announcements.
Hong Kong is famous as a shopping paradise thanks to its duty-free status, low taxes and a huge retail variety spanning international luxury, electronics, pharmacies and local souvenirs. Retail is a key pillar of the local economy, boosted by visitor demand.
Hong Kong’s popularity stacks several layers: strong economic vitality as an international financial and trading hub; duty-free shopping; food, urban street life and a compact blend of harbour skyline with hiking hills; and a growing slate of cultural landmarks like the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Hong Kong Disneyland recorded about 7.7 million visits in fiscal year 2024, a record high. The park opened on 12 September 2005 and is Hong Kong's first theme park.
Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. (2024). Hong Kong Tourism Industry Development Blueprint 2.0. Hong Kong: CSTB. Retrieved from https://www.cstb.gov.hk
旅遊業發展嘅官方策略藍圖，載有目標指標同發展方向。
The official strategic blueprint for tourism with targets and directions.
