TABLE-Hong Kong September visitor arrivals up 19 pct y/y
Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar 18.8 20.5 13.8 19.3 12.7 14.4 16.4
Following is a summary of visitor arrivals by Country/Territory in September and the first nine months of 2012:
September 2012 Jan-Sep 2012 No. of Yr/Yr No. of Yr/Yr Country/Territory Arrivals % growth Arrivals % growth Mainland China 2,751,427 +31.4 25,326,528 +24.2 South & Southeast Asia 247,091 -18.9 2,605,153 -2.6
The Middle East 165,447 -1.1 1,595,162 +1.9 The Americas 130,329 -3.2 1,299,978 -0.3 North Asia 179,919 -3.2 1,801,535 +6.3 Taiwan 171,251 -1.6 1,563,540 -4.6
South Pacific 70,437 +3.7 548,474 -0.7 Macau 69,117 +18.9 636,031 +4.5 TOTAL 3,785,018 +18.8 35,376,401 +16.3
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Oct 29- Visitor arrivals in Hong Kong in September rose 18.8 percent from a year earlier to about 3.79 million, data from the Hong Kong Tourism Board showed on Monday.