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Hong Kong recorded about 3.6 million visitor arrivals in July, an increase of 31% from the previous month, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
In the first seven months of the year, nearly 16.5 million visitor arrivals were recorded, showed the data.
Visitor arrivals from Southeast Asian have recovered the fastest, with visitor arrivals from the Philippines and Thailand each reaching more than 90% of pre-pandemic levels in July, followed by mainland China, which has recovered by about 70%.
About half of all visitors are overnight visitors, slightly higher than pre-pandemic levels.