55.9 million tourists visited Hong Kong in 2019. The Hong Kong Tourism Board said today provisional visitor arrivals last year dropped by 14.2 percent year-on-year to 55.9 million. Mainland and short-haul markets fell by 14.2 percent and 18.7 percent respectively. Long-haul markets and new markets dropped by 12.7 percent and 13.5 percent respectively. "We are working tirelessly on a major global promotion that will rebuild Hong Kong’s tourism image and help our tourism industry recover," he said.

Source: The Standard January 15, 2020 09:40 UTC