The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced that the provisional visitor arrivals for May were 3.4 million, showing a 20% year-on-year increase. Mainland visitors accounted for 2.63 million, about 15% increase from the same period last year.

Non-Mainland visitors increased by 43% year on year, recording more than 770,000. Cumulatively, a total of 18 million visitors arrived in Hong Kong from January to May this year, increasing by 80% from the same period last year.