Visitor Arrivals Statistics Country of Residence

Visitor Arrivals Statistics
Updated 21 Apr 2008
ALL MODE OF ARRIVAL (AIR / SEA / LAND)
Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-Dec Year-On-Year
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 % Change
TOTAL 596,711 599,068 655,151 622,301 606,144 601,969 679,574 671,648 597,454 638,673 588,742 709,677 7,567,112 0.6
AMERICAS 37,174 35,584 39,216 31,247 32,960 34,847 37,825 34,890 29,671 33,827 33,531 35,603 416,375 -4.0
Canada 6,833 6,435 6,751 4,903 4,788 4,175 5,771 5,611 4,514 5,553 6,043 6,593 67,970 -1.9
USA 28,906 27,921 30,479 24,640 26,403 28,614 29,790 27,730 23,507 26,040 25,973 27,645 327,648 -4.7
Other Countries in Americas 1,435 1,228 1,986 1,704 1,769 2,058 2,264 1,549 1,650 2,234 1,515 1,365 20,757 1.4
ASIA 398,411 417,957 443,698 436,969 439,818 429,182 478,769 479,774 414,781 444,483 413,500 529,366 5,326,708 2.0
Southeast Asia 186,620 174,247 210,994 208,980 204,173 211,160 228,393 194,320 194,205 215,542 198,261 305,992 2,532,887 0.4
Brunei Darussalam 4,031 4,095 4,517 5,508 4,283 5,132 4,915 6,290 4,529 5,100 4,599 7,053 60,052 -3.6
Indonesia 105,008 90,152 114,203 98,809 99,719 116,715 139,889 105,894 102,876 117,010 105,571 197,174 1,393,020 2.1
Malaysia 40,207 43,641 44,116 47,413 49,524 44,066 41,200 40,172 48,193 44,455 48,399 57,273 548,659 -5.2
Myanmar 2,048 1,369 1,768 2,086 1,698 2,060 2,052 2,144 1,775 1,799 1,696 1,845 22,340 3.1
Philippines 13,518 13,671 20,245 20,192 21,424 16,442 13,947 13,951 13,613 16,762 15,188 16,611 195,564 2.6
Thailand 18,648 17,579 22,804 30,425 24,040 22,060 21,246 21,075 19,413 25,699 19,006 21,871 263,866 1.1
Vietnam 2,536 2,990 2,704 3,328 2,980 3,989 4,519 4,085 3,087 3,865 3,075 3,494 40,652 17.4
Other Countries in Southeast Asia 624 750 637 1,219 505 696 625 709 719 852 727 671 8,734 -9.6
North Asia 172,428 210,725 190,263 185,494 175,369 164,792 203,001 238,071 179,896 182,592 169,394 177,192 2,249,217 6.2
Hong Kong SAR 16,630 26,765 24,043 21,771 23,490 22,965 26,488 26,513 18,914 21,025 17,425 19,941 265,970 -3.7
Japan 47,447 49,589 68,549 49,149 50,563 54,892 66,566 85,656 77,884 58,493 54,297 60,346 723,431 -4.3
P R China 50,303 81,649 42,728 63,880 56,486 41,186 51,147 62,700 47,218 57,693 56,422 58,687 670,099 34.7
South Korea 38,613 30,777 38,393 32,704 27,807 27,519 32,353 39,236 21,472 28,827 28,758 24,591 371,050 3.3
Taiwan 18,995 21,464 16,038 17,554 16,570 17,251 25,238 22,147 13,553 15,730 11,981 12,800 209,321 -5.8
Other Countries in North Asia 440 481 512 436 453 979 1,209 1,819 855 824 511 827 9,346 17.9
South Asia 35,132 28,944 38,008 38,882 57,402 48,929 38,178 37,597 36,855 42,851 42,943 41,949 487,670 -2.6
Bangladesh 3,332 1,728 1,940 1,860 1,932 2,081 2,636 2,746 2,225 2,470 1,886 2,716 27,552 -35.0
India 24,844 21,476 29,163 28,647 48,468 40,405 28,165 27,270 27,881 33,227 35,139 31,012 375,697 10.6
Nepal 1,308 1,103 1,245 1,162 1,164 1,020 1,115 1,000 942 1,045 833 1,265 13,202 -10.7
Pakistan 705 452 774 794 870 1,015 1,339 906 964 1,157 840 753 10,569 -74.1
Sri Lanka 4,351 3,721 4,437 5,820 4,496 3,988 4,417 5,261 4,303 4,480 3,876 5,540 54,690 -2.8
Other Countries in South Asia 592 464 449 599 472 420 506 414 540 472 369 663 5,960 -9.2
West Asia 4,231 4,041 4,433 3,613 2,874 4,301 9,197 9,786 3,825 3,498 2,902 4,233 56,934 -30.7
Iran 103 77 937 165 94 148 123 158 221 126 154 224 2,530 -66.5
Israel 925 1,257 926 804 637 805 829 783 789 855 870 808 10,288 5.0
Kuwait 431 459 251 221 217 473 1,760 2,270 411 289 88 243 7,113 -18.2
Saudi Arabia 385 490 422 480 296 504 1,194 993 467 411 409 702 6,753 -73.1
United Arab Emirates 1,551 1,293 1,378 1,256 1,215 1,668 3,535 3,638 1,367 1,276 998 1,609 20,784 -3.9
Other Countries in West Asia 836 465 519 687 415 703 1,756 1,944 570 541 383 647 9,466 1.5
EUROPE 99,089 100,697 115,791 94,599 73,204 69,878 89,985 96,357 82,979 93,996 93,824 91,469 1,101,868 -1.2
Austria 1,106 1,183 1,495 1,308 829 751 1,527 1,459 1,097 1,281 1,472 1,137 14,645 4.2
Belgium & Luxembourg 1,617 1,855 2,507 1,728 1,517 1,418 2,202 1,948 1,677 1,716 2,025 1,531 21,741 -7.2
Denmark 2,175 2,488 2,843 2,050 1,779 1,800 2,648 1,977 1,931 2,228 1,896 1,891 25,706 1.1
Finland 1,098 1,068 1,237 978 881 1,071 622 548 687 895 1,136 1,096 11,317 -19.9
France 5,454 7,061 6,981 6,894 5,668 4,744 6,598 8,145 5,038 5,707 5,202 4,661 72,153 1.0
Germany 12,520 13,128 17,412 15,166 11,548 9,132 11,440 12,441 13,281 15,678 14,924 10,840 157,510 -5.7
Greece 962 859 1,096 981 880 1,163 1,481 1,759 1,089 844 734 953 12,801 13.1
Italy 2,141 2,487 3,137 3,489 2,334 2,368 3,560 6,671 3,017 2,638 2,418 2,477 36,737 2.8
Netherlands 5,847 5,414 6,054 5,885 5,091 4,779 7,351 6,388 5,825 7,001 6,358 5,658 71,651 -4.5
Norway 2,024 2,196 2,732 1,995 1,169 1,758 2,552 1,498 1,445 1,816 1,693 1,942 22,820 -1.4
Poland 671 684 856 624 634 555 739 578 595 526 680 544 7,686 -12.5
Rep of Ireland 2,024 1,571 2,191 1,724 1,624 2,323 1,943 1,882 2,099 2,002 1,811 2,008 23,202 6.6
Russian Federation (CIS) 2,541 1,566 1,189 1,233 1,043 854 1,290 1,197 1,133 972 1,114 1,772 15,904 -2.9
Spain 1,015 1,023 1,621 1,396 1,366 1,054 1,491 2,457 1,780 1,578 1,481 1,062 17,324 13.5
Sweden 4,318 3,810 4,179 3,033 2,119 2,195 2,536 1,679 1,849 3,226 3,355 4,113 36,412 -5.3
Switzerland 4,272 3,977 4,480 3,929 3,423 2,649 3,792 3,296 3,285 3,938 4,122 4,071 45,234 -2.8
Turkey 965 2,371 1,122 1,142 831 800 921 876 669 880 619 987 12,183 16.9
UK 44,699 44,849 51,015 38,055 27,613 28,193 33,840 37,922 33,792 37,735 39,484 41,331 458,528 -0.3
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 2,786 2,294 2,627 2,251 2,142 1,713 2,467 2,149 2,004 2,434 2,427 2,572 27,866 7.3
Other Countries in Western Europe 854 813 1,017 738 713 558 985 1,487 686 901 873 823 10,448 0.2
OCEANIA 55,393 40,378 49,741 53,236 54,128 59,391 66,260 54,064 63,998 59,322 42,643 45,559 644,113 -1.9
Australia 47,549 34,852 42,579 45,350 45,050 48,334 54,252 43,873 52,309 50,054 35,907 38,299 538,408 -2.2
New Zealand 6,857 4,531 6,093 6,945 8,164 10,113 10,875 9,291 10,730 8,364 5,964 6,188 94,115 -0.2
Other Countries in Oceania 987 995 1,069 941 914 944 1,133 900 959 904 772 1,072 11,590 0.6
AFRICA 6,586 4,303 6,658 6,248 5,139 5,965 6,649 6,541 5,862 6,067 5,150 7,666 72,834 -17.2
Egypt 151 131 184 283 176 259 312 324 220 250 123 208 2,621 -61.1
Mauritius 1,231 987 1,144 1,364 938 1,042 974 1,317 1,059 1,034 1,050 1,787 13,927 -19.5
South Africa (Rep of) 2,512 1,696 3,112 2,652 2,090 2,510 3,048 2,195 2,674 2,687 2,069 3,279 30,524 -14.2
Other Countries in Africa 2,692 1,489 2,218 1,949 1,935 2,154 2,315 2,705 1,909 2,096 1,908 2,392 25,762 -9.3
NOT STATED 58 149 47 2 895 2,706 86 22 163 978 94 14 5,214 -3.2
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Visitor Arrivals Statistics
Updated 21 Apr 2008
MODE OF ARRIVAL BY AIR
Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-Dec Year-On-Year
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 % Change
TOTAL 431,875 422,461 475,698 447,042 429,676 434,646 480,145 470,581 434,281 457,512 424,748 484,884 5,393,549 -0.2
AMERICAS 31,646 30,775 32,724 26,645 28,398 29,398 31,749 28,970 25,492 28,707 28,784 30,540 353,828 -2.9
Canada 5,744 5,365 5,633 4,019 3,896 3,312 4,517 4,397 3,753 4,623 4,994 5,515 55,768 0.9
USA 24,758 24,380 25,407 21,234 23,002 24,427 25,249 23,299 20,371 22,334 22,545 23,922 280,928 -3.9
Other Countries in Americas 1,144 1,030 1,684 1,392 1,500 1,659 1,983 1,274 1,368 1,750 1,245 1,103 17,132 1.5
ASIA 264,600 269,608 297,941 290,852 289,944 287,576 313,095 312,999 278,253 292,130 273,331 330,559 3,500,888 0.6
Southeast Asia 97,355 90,008 113,205 115,128 112,392 119,604 119,410 101,895 105,552 117,201 106,697 156,092 1,354,539 -0.2
Brunei Darussalam 3,713 3,707 4,107 4,900 3,994 4,616 4,518 5,628 4,117 4,645 4,207 6,247 54,399 -4.4
Indonesia 40,849 33,016 46,443 40,148 39,832 51,629 57,600 41,669 41,405 48,203 42,014 80,627 563,435 3.1
Malaysia 26,419 28,480 28,759 31,991 33,593 30,611 27,509 25,225 33,042 30,454 32,547 37,884 366,514 -5.7
Myanmar 1,410 1,050 1,337 1,525 1,318 1,668 1,611 1,622 1,447 1,388 1,325 1,476 17,177 4.8
Philippines 9,171 8,784 13,723 13,918 14,108 11,033 9,338 9,496 9,167 11,784 10,365 11,558 132,445 2.6
Thailand 13,085 12,174 15,982 19,306 16,648 16,215 14,860 14,652 13,283 17,037 13,195 14,881 181,318 -1.5
Vietnam 2,169 2,181 2,276 2,483 2,453 3,209 3,408 2,994 2,491 3,084 2,479 2,869 32,096 17.0
Other Countries in Southeast Asia 539 616 578 857 446 623 566 609 600 606 565 550 7,155 -14.8
North Asia 134,009 151,349 148,377 139,350 129,449 124,835 153,679 171,723 138,492 136,813 130,875 136,567 1,695,518 4.1
Hong Kong SAR 13,557 19,060 18,888 16,242 16,965 17,135 18,882 18,768 14,659 16,127 14,157 15,396 199,836 -7.5
Japan 36,996 39,434 55,182 39,330 39,867 42,864 52,272 65,771 61,100 48,035 44,405 50,496 575,752 -4.1
P R China 40,122 53,318 33,267 46,236 40,399 31,807 39,528 43,204 35,680 40,530 42,094 42,637 488,822 27.6
South Korea 26,662 21,424 27,889 22,951 18,795 18,590 22,059 25,004 15,367 19,573 20,339 17,180 255,833 6.1
Taiwan 16,336 17,717 12,767 14,248 13,084 13,796 20,030 17,650 11,052 11,946 9,500 10,300 168,426 -7.9
Other Countries in North Asia 336 396 384 343 339 643 908 1,326 634 602 380 558 6,849 21.2
South Asia 29,329 24,421 32,194 33,023 45,443 39,219 31,899 30,939 30,769 34,922 33,064 34,064 399,286 -5.7
Bangladesh 3,105 1,545 1,811 1,743 1,785 1,953 2,462 2,584 2,062 2,216 1,738 2,557 25,561 -34.5
India 20,068 17,779 24,238 24,002 37,531 31,596 23,034 21,900 22,815 26,464 26,146 24,481 300,054 5.4
Nepal 1,116 964 1,080 1,002 978 869 913 805 755 855 690 998 11,025 -14.6
Pakistan 619 401 664 689 761 847 1,085 735 773 935 675 613 8,797 -71.3
Sri Lanka 3,930 3,324 4,008 5,064 3,979 3,578 3,950 4,568 3,887 4,029 3,477 4,833 48,627 -3.6
Other Countries in South Asia 491 408 393 523 409 376 455 347 477 423 338 582 5,222 -8.4
West Asia 3,907 3,830 4,165 3,351 2,660 3,918 8,107 8,442 3,440 3,194 2,695 3,836 51,545 -27.1
Iran 84 60 863 136 81 107 94 135 189 82 106 189 2,126 -58.6
Israel 916 1,255 922 803 634 803 824 773 781 850 865 803 10,229 5.3
Kuwait 381 439 238 204 193 431 1,624 2,067 373 260 82 221 6,513 -19.5
Saudi Arabia 364 460 396 435 281 447 979 822 404 381 382 618 5,969 -70.8
United Arab Emirates 1,398 1,197 1,279 1,153 1,117 1,554 3,159 3,157 1,237 1,167 939 1,456 18,813 -3.6
Other Countries in West Asia 764 419 467 620 354 576 1,427 1,488 456 454 321 549 7,895 1.2
EUROPE 84,309 84,455 96,896 78,097 59,124 57,398 72,006 76,010 69,041 78,961 80,175 77,447 913,919 -0.5
Austria 989 1,037 1,290 1,160 699 664 1,297 1,230 949 1,128 1,295 981 12,719 3.9
Belgium & Luxembourg 1,326 1,652 1,926 1,424 1,225 1,169 1,825 1,611 1,446 1,447 1,770 1,297 18,118 -7.2
Denmark 1,854 2,010 2,243 1,546 1,311 1,425 1,922 1,413 1,485 1,685 1,580 1,497 19,971 3.7
Finland 820 823 890 755 622 891 470 422 570 721 951 896 8,831 -19.3
France 4,495 5,506 6,000 5,712 4,664 4,040 5,379 6,340 4,080 4,868 4,493 3,907 59,484 1.3
Germany 10,787 11,290 14,739 13,116 9,699 7,824 9,667 10,251 11,311 13,630 13,121 9,375 134,810 -5.0
Greece 761 681 941 763 724 981 1,291 1,550 932 707 569 814 10,714 16.0
Italy 1,848 2,154 2,628 2,956 2,031 1,995 3,121 5,697 2,638 2,297 2,085 2,119 31,569 3.9
Netherlands 4,429 4,314 4,696 4,576 3,665 3,627 5,409 4,527 4,503 5,387 5,080 4,461 54,674 -4.3
Norway 1,576 1,629 1,880 1,421 889 1,350 1,869 1,037 1,131 1,465 1,358 1,467 17,072 -0.1
Poland 539 485 637 410 457 371 512 398 429 375 463 347 5,423 -12.0
Rep of Ireland 1,780 1,339 1,852 1,405 1,326 2,043 1,499 1,545 1,769 1,621 1,536 1,743 19,458 7.5
Russian Federation (CIS) 2,148 1,233 961 958 845 588 891 974 895 815 905 1,554 12,767 -4.6
Spain 827 808 1,313 1,222 1,194 935 1,313 2,206 1,582 1,407 1,335 917 15,059 13.1
Sweden 3,348 2,920 3,033 2,076 1,528 1,621 1,664 1,202 1,442 2,569 2,645 3,318 27,366 -4.5
Switzerland 3,847 3,556 3,945 3,472 2,996 2,346 3,229 2,766 2,929 3,476 3,695 3,656 39,913 -2.0
Turkey 736 2,019 968 1,006 670 654 734 729 561 789 513 818 10,197 18.7
UK 39,371 38,723 44,260 31,956 22,550 23,271 27,486 29,661 28,432 32,193 34,394 35,809 388,106 0.2
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 2,051 1,580 1,825 1,508 1,400 1,133 1,642 1,347 1,341 1,574 1,591 1,784 18,776 8.3
Other Countries in Western Europe 777 696 869 655 629 470 786 1,104 616 807 796 687 8,892 4.2
OCEANIA 45,580 33,933 42,177 46,020 47,433 52,338 57,413 47,041 56,251 51,981 37,794 39,697 557,658 -0.3
Australia 38,790 29,047 35,887 39,117 39,332 42,287 46,953 38,045 45,857 43,704 31,796 33,201 464,016 -0.8
New Zealand 5,918 3,972 5,370 6,096 7,279 9,173 9,462 8,218 9,518 7,476 5,300 5,523 83,305 2.6
Other Countries in Oceania 872 914 920 807 822 878 998 778 876 801 698 973 10,337 0.2
AFRICA 5,716 3,674 5,953 5,427 4,474 5,384 5,881 5,550 5,152 5,360 4,572 6,638 63,781 -16.3
Egypt 137 117 167 252 154 222 275 302 195 239 113 190 2,363 -59.4
Mauritius 923 774 970 1,043 736 909 780 989 811 837 846 1,316 10,934 -20.4
South Africa (Rep of) 2,242 1,499 2,865 2,398 1,839 2,312 2,697 1,971 2,457 2,379 1,873 2,994 27,526 -14.0
Other Countries in Africa 2,414 1,284 1,951 1,734 1,745 1,941 2,129 2,288 1,689 1,905 1,740 2,138 22,958 -6.8
NOT STATED 24 16 7 1 303 2,552 1 11 92 373 92 3 3,475 -12.7
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Visitor Arrivals Statistics
Updated 21 Apr 2008
MODE OF ARRIVAL BY SEA
Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-Dec Year-On-Year
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 % Change
TOTAL 94,796 87,691 100,690 91,031 94,819 94,471 107,711 106,742 90,736 97,491 88,985 121,536 1,176,699 -1.7
AMERICAS 2,163 1,597 2,668 1,558 1,427 1,807 1,842 1,725 1,381 2,027 1,561 1,493 21,249 -21.8
Canada 326 309 322 261 241 203 297 288 238 289 242 248 3,264 -32.0
USA 1,758 1,226 2,236 1,179 1,115 1,462 1,477 1,363 1,028 1,469 1,208 1,166 16,687 -20.7
Other Countries in Americas 79 62 110 118 71 142 68 74 115 269 111 79 1,298 -1.9
ASIA 82,233 76,064 86,786 79,095 83,388 84,230 95,689 94,399 80,306 85,452 80,142 113,223 1,041,007 0.1
Southeast Asia 61,821 56,929 66,899 60,579 61,705 62,654 72,467 62,500 60,976 66,228 63,493 98,662 794,913 -0.2
Brunei Darussalam 64 91 110 147 72 104 80 118 119 124 91 118 1,238 2.6
Indonesia 52,323 47,703 56,005 49,024 49,984 53,679 63,570 52,815 50,858 57,007 53,734 87,929 674,631 1.4
Malaysia 5,538 5,468 5,738 6,596 6,687 5,056 5,041 5,746 6,451 5,226 5,934 7,160 70,641 -11.2
Myanmar 408 240 287 247 257 280 307 338 213 267 220 206 3,270 -13.5
Philippines 2,788 2,775 3,979 3,603 3,954 2,852 2,701 2,643 2,530 2,823 2,880 2,733 36,261 -1.2
Thailand 593 524 672 839 667 601 681 649 647 562 553 452 7,440 -17.2
Vietnam 100 122 99 106 71 71 85 172 145 145 71 52 1,239 18.6
Other Countries in Southeast Asia 7 6 9 17 13 11 2 19 13 74 10 12 193 23.7
North Asia 17,144 16,999 17,019 16,065 16,360 17,269 20,911 29,147 16,907 16,139 12,275 11,874 208,109 0.4
Hong Kong SAR 530 1,142 658 862 731 585 1,182 1,173 604 765 366 540 9,138 -5.6
Japan 4,893 4,319 5,481 4,149 5,140 6,649 7,709 12,248 9,550 4,660 3,377 3,667 71,842 1.8
P R China 1,150 2,072 847 903 1,054 820 887 1,357 707 1,068 624 669 12,158 -8.8
South Korea 9,431 7,744 8,581 8,592 7,864 7,514 8,555 12,124 4,977 7,993 7,097 6,103 96,575 0.2
Taiwan 1,122 1,700 1,441 1,542 1,563 1,593 2,562 2,199 1,058 1,641 802 885 18,108 6.0
Other Countries in North Asia 18 22 11 17 8 108 16 46 11 12 9 10 288 -10.0
South Asia 3,151 2,079 2,817 2,381 5,261 4,230 2,202 2,508 2,333 2,986 4,331 2,615 36,894 7.0
Bangladesh 87 91 51 39 78 35 61 44 64 113 61 59 783 -22.7
India 2,928 1,912 2,601 2,044 5,055 4,055 1,970 2,235 2,110 2,682 4,182 2,410 34,184 11.7
Nepal 23 18 20 20 22 10 24 12 35 20 10 7 221 -13.7
Pakistan 23 9 36 43 27 47 55 64 64 79 29 13 489 -62.6
Sri Lanka 82 42 103 228 75 63 85 143 52 81 39 117 1,110 -1.5
Other Countries in South Asia 8 7 6 7 4 20 7 10 8 11 10 9 107 -42.2
West Asia 117 57 51 70 62 77 109 244 90 99 43 72 1,091 -14.0
Iran 15 11 11 16 5 17 21 12 19 33 17 16 193 -18.6
Israel 9 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 3 4 4 3 37 19.4
Kuwait 20 5 2 2 8 18 12 30 2 5 0 1 105 72.1
Saudi Arabia 6 5 3 10 0 2 8 18 15 5 1 9 82 -74.8
United Arab Emirates 37 28 19 29 34 24 27 52 26 25 10 34 345 0.6
Other Countries in West Asia 30 7 14 13 14 15 38 126 25 27 11 9 329 21.4
EUROPE 6,397 6,972 7,461 7,142 5,926 5,025 6,387 6,969 5,191 5,753 5,246 5,125 73,594 -8.2
Austria 49 43 73 58 66 27 52 55 41 55 45 51 615 -18.2
Belgium & Luxembourg 163 107 404 182 159 150 172 180 117 149 149 117 2,049 7.4
Denmark 66 143 156 127 100 97 159 94 74 106 73 71 1,266 -12.3
Finland 74 106 128 66 85 48 49 41 48 81 51 87 864 -33.1
France 449 1,020 443 639 525 287 415 664 371 360 380 334 5,887 8.6
Germany 655 639 914 820 786 454 583 614 573 703 777 503 8,021 -22.7
Greece 161 128 111 164 108 137 149 148 139 100 144 117 1,606 -3.2
Italy 81 120 191 304 128 179 147 260 108 139 121 167 1,945 5.2
Netherlands 821 465 645 697 670 586 640 635 535 567 493 484 7,238 -2.0
Norway 157 157 270 228 152 180 276 168 134 159 138 202 2,221 -9.2
Poland 72 97 105 132 108 119 143 88 88 86 129 114 1,281 -20.1
Rep of Ireland 59 44 75 109 63 58 106 86 70 65 52 41 828 5.7
Russian Federation (CIS) 248 295 163 228 163 223 372 182 195 131 153 181 2,534 4.6
Spain 88 82 78 45 70 37 50 77 48 68 55 51 749 7.3
Sweden 242 173 251 254 181 176 253 126 119 232 220 209 2,436 -15.6
Switzerland 164 159 190 187 160 98 154 147 124 172 154 137 1,846 -16.7
Turkey 84 109 110 66 90 54 105 62 35 56 42 44 857 -0.8
UK 2,251 2,584 2,594 2,309 1,788 1,654 1,932 2,762 1,911 1,854 1,487 1,634 24,760 -11.6
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 491 458 507 497 505 428 598 506 435 640 557 551 6,173 8.2
Other Countries in Western Europe 22 43 53 30 19 33 32 74 26 30 26 30 418 -3.7
OCEANIA 3,629 2,728 3,561 2,962 3,257 3,224 3,525 3,322 3,578 3,395 1,818 1,409 36,408 -21.4
Australia 3,290 2,486 3,248 2,614 2,844 2,772 2,883 2,764 3,020 2,931 1,568 1,249 31,669 -20.7
New Zealand 304 223 270 335 398 431 615 540 551 406 229 138 4,440 -27.0
Other Countries in Oceania 35 19 43 13 15 21 27 18 7 58 21 22 299 -6.0
AFRICA 359 229 193 274 245 145 191 317 228 261 216 276 2,934 -14.3
Egypt 5 6 3 23 11 21 8 14 17 2 3 0 113 -69.3
Mauritius 141 92 51 120 80 16 44 128 60 67 65 106 970 -12.7
South Africa (Rep of) 123 75 94 83 102 60 100 84 74 122 73 92 1,082 -8.5
Other Countries in Africa 90 56 45 48 52 48 39 91 77 70 75 78 769 0.9
NOT STATED 15 101 21 0 576 40 77 10 52 603 2 10 1,507 344.5
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Visitor Arrivals Statistics
Updated 21 Apr 2008
MODE OF ARRIVAL BY LAND
Country of Residence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-Dec Year-On-Year
2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 % Change
TOTAL 70,040 88,916 78,763 84,228 81,649 72,852 91,718 94,325 72,437 83,670 75,009 103,257 996,864 8.2
AMERICAS 3,365 3,212 3,824 3,044 3,135 3,642 4,234 4,195 2,798 3,093 3,186 3,570 41,298 -1.4
Canada 763 761 796 623 651 660 957 926 523 641 807 830 8,938 -2.6
USA 2,390 2,315 2,836 2,227 2,286 2,725 3,064 3,068 2,108 2,237 2,220 2,557 30,033 -1.3
Other Countries in Americas 212 136 192 194 198 257 213 201 167 215 159 183 2,327 2.2
ASIA 51,578 72,285 58,971 67,022 66,486 57,376 69,985 72,376 56,222 66,901 60,027 85,584 784,813 11.6
Southeast Asia 27,444 27,310 30,890 33,273 30,076 28,902 36,516 29,925 27,677 32,113 28,071 51,238 383,435 4.1
Brunei Darussalam 254 297 300 461 217 412 317 544 293 331 301 688 4,415 7.0
Indonesia 11,836 9,433 11,755 9,637 9,903 11,407 18,719 11,410 10,613 11,800 9,823 28,618 154,954 1.7
Malaysia 8,250 9,693 9,619 8,826 9,244 8,399 8,650 9,201 8,700 8,775 9,918 12,229 111,504 1.0
Myanmar 230 79 144 314 123 112 134 184 115 144 151 163 1,893 25.7
Philippines 1,559 2,112 2,543 2,671 3,362 2,557 1,908 1,812 1,916 2,155 1,943 2,320 26,858 8.1
Thailand 4,970 4,881 6,150 10,280 6,725 5,244 5,705 5,774 5,483 8,100 5,258 6,538 75,108 10.7
Vietnam 267 687 329 739 456 709 1,026 919 451 636 525 573 7,317 19.0
Other Countries in Southeast Asia 78 128 50 345 46 62 57 81 106 172 152 109 1,386 24.9
North Asia 21,275 42,377 24,867 30,079 29,560 22,688 28,411 37,201 24,497 29,640 26,244 28,751 345,590 22.6
Hong Kong SAR 2,543 6,563 4,497 4,667 5,794 5,245 6,424 6,572 3,651 4,133 2,902 4,005 56,996 12.9
Japan 5,558 5,836 7,886 5,670 5,556 5,379 6,585 7,637 7,234 5,798 6,515 6,183 75,837 -10.6
P R China 9,031 26,259 8,614 16,741 15,033 8,559 10,732 18,139 10,831 16,095 13,704 15,381 169,119 67.5
South Korea 2,520 1,609 1,923 1,161 1,148 1,415 1,739 2,108 1,128 1,261 1,322 1,308 18,642 -13.6
Taiwan 1,537 2,047 1,830 1,764 1,923 1,862 2,646 2,298 1,443 2,143 1,679 1,615 22,787 3.2
Other Countries in North Asia 86 63 117 76 106 228 285 447 210 210 122 259 2,209 12.9
South Asia 2,652 2,444 2,997 3,478 6,698 5,480 4,077 4,150 3,753 4,943 5,548 5,270 51,490 20.2
Bangladesh 140 92 78 78 69 93 113 118 99 141 87 100 1,208 -49.8
India 1,848 1,785 2,324 2,601 5,882 4,754 3,161 3,135 2,956 4,081 4,811 4,121 41,459 69.1
Nepal 169 121 145 140 164 141 178 183 152 170 133 260 1,956 21.7
Pakistan 63 42 74 62 82 121 199 107 127 143 136 127 1,283 -85.6
Sri Lanka 339 355 326 528 442 347 382 550 364 370 360 590 4,953 5.5
Other Countries in South Asia 93 49 50 69 59 24 44 57 55 38 21 72 631 -7.1
West Asia 207 154 217 192 152 306 981 1,100 295 205 164 325 4,298 -57.7
Iran 4 6 63 13 8 24 8 11 13 11 31 19 211 -90.3
Israel 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 5 1 1 2 22 -59.3
Kuwait 30 15 11 15 16 24 124 173 36 24 6 21 495 -7.8
Saudi Arabia 15 25 23 35 15 55 207 153 48 25 26 75 702 -83.9
United Arab Emirates 116 68 80 74 64 90 349 429 104 84 49 119 1,626 -8.1
Other Countries in West Asia 42 39 38 54 47 112 291 330 89 60 51 89 1,242 -1.6
EUROPE 8,383 9,270 11,434 9,360 8,154 7,455 11,592 13,378 8,747 9,282 8,403 8,897 114,355 -1.2
Austria 68 103 132 90 64 60 178 174 107 98 132 105 1,311 23.9
Belgium & Luxembourg 128 96 177 122 133 99 205 157 114 120 106 117 1,574 -21.1
Denmark 255 335 444 377 368 278 567 470 372 437 243 323 4,469 -5.4
Finland 204 139 219 157 174 132 103 85 69 93 134 113 1,622 -14.1
France 510 535 538 543 479 417 804 1,141 587 479 329 420 6,782 -7.4
Germany 1,078 1,199 1,759 1,230 1,063 854 1,190 1,576 1,397 1,345 1,026 962 14,679 -0.2
Greece 40 50 44 54 48 45 41 61 18 37 21 22 481 14.5
Italy 212 213 318 229 175 194 292 714 271 202 212 191 3,223 -8.5
Netherlands 597 635 713 612 756 566 1,302 1,226 787 1,047 785 713 9,739 -7.2
Norway 291 410 582 346 128 228 407 293 180 192 197 273 3,527 -1.9
Poland 60 102 114 82 69 65 84 92 78 65 88 83 982 -3.3
Rep of Ireland 185 188 264 210 235 222 338 251 260 316 223 224 2,916 1.3
Russian Federation (CIS) 145 38 65 47 35 43 27 41 43 26 56 37 603 5.6
Spain 100 133 230 129 102 82 128 174 150 103 91 94 1,516 20.9
Sweden 728 717 895 703 410 398 619 351 288 425 490 586 6,610 -4.4
Switzerland 261 262 345 270 267 205 409 383 232 290 273 278 3,475 -2.7
Turkey 145 243 44 70 71 92 82 85 73 35 64 125 1,129 17.2
UK 3,077 3,542 4,161 3,790 3,275 3,268 4,422 5,499 3,449 3,688 3,603 3,888 45,662 2.6
Other Countries in Eastern Europe 244 256 295 246 237 152 227 296 228 220 279 237 2,917 -0.3
Other Countries in Western Europe 55 74 95 53 65 55 167 309 44 64 51 106 1,138 -22.0
OCEANIA 6,184 3,717 4,003 4,254 3,438 3,829 5,322 3,701 4,169 3,946 3,031 4,453 50,047 -1.2
Australia 5,469 3,319 3,444 3,619 2,874 3,275 4,416 3,064 3,432 3,419 2,543 3,849 42,723 -0.1
New Zealand 635 336 453 514 487 509 798 533 661 482 435 527 6,370 -9.1
Other Countries in Oceania 80 62 106 121 77 45 108 104 76 45 53 77 954 8.3
AFRICA 511 400 512 547 420 436 577 674 482 446 362 752 6,119 -27.1
Egypt 9 8 14 8 11 16 29 8 8 9 7 18 145 -73.6
Mauritius 167 121 123 201 122 117 150 200 188 130 139 365 2,023 -17.4
South Africa (Rep of) 147 122 153 171 149 138 251 140 143 186 123 193 1,916 -19.4
Other Countries in Africa 188 149 222 167 138 165 147 326 143 121 93 176 2,035 -32.5
NOT STATED 19 32 19 1 16 114 8 1 19 2 0 1 232 -78.3
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