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| With the adverse impact of the global economic downturn and human swine influenza on the tourism performance worldwide, the year 2009 was described by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as an ¡¡±exceptionally challenging¡¨ year. In the first half of 2009, visitor arrivals to Hong Kong suffered from a 3.4% drop. Yet, in the second half of the year, the tide began to turn following signs of economic recovery and receding concern on the influenza. Since August, arrivals picked up again and brought total visitor arrivals in the year to 29.59 million, a slight increase of 0.3% over 2008. This is quite an achievement since UNWTO estimated that international tourist arrivals fell by 4% worldwide in 2009. |
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Incoming Visitors to HK (in millions) |
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2010-Jul
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3.1 |
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2010-Jun
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2.6 |
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2010-May
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2.8 |
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2010-Apr
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2.8 |
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2010-Mar
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2.8 |
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2010-Feb
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2.9 |
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2010-Jan
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3.0 |
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2009-Dec
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3.1 |
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2009-Nov
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2.6 |
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2009-Oct
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2.8 |
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2009-Sep
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2.3 |
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2009-Aug
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2.8 |
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2009-Jul
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2.4 |
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2009-Jun
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1.8 |
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2009-May
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2.0 |
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2009-Apr
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2.4 |
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2009-Mar
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2.4 |
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2009-Feb
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2.2 |
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2009-Jan
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2.8 |
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2008-Dec
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2.8 |
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2008-Nov
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2.4 |
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2008-Oct
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2.5 |
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2008-Sep
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2.2 |
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2008-Aug
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2.7 |
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2009
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29.6 |
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2008
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29.5 |
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2007
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28.2 |
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2006
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25.3 |
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2005
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23.4 |
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2004
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21.8 |
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