Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 4.9% year-on-year to 2,565,170 in July 2013; same-day visitors accounted for 50.2% of the total, at 1,287,741. In July 2013, visitors from Mainland China increased by 14.0% year-on-year to 1,660,096, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (738,106) and Fujian Province (74,292); Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme was 730,405. Moreover, visitors from the Republic of Korea (38,416) and the Philippines (18,859) increased by 6.6% and 0.9% respectively, while those from Hong Kong (598,200); Taiwan, China (91,226); and Japan (20,593) decreased by 6.5%, 18.7% and 41.4%. Long-haul visitors from the UK (4,744) and France (3,268) increased by 13.0% and 5.0% year-on-year, whereas those from the US (14,947), Australia (7,920) and Canada (5,655) decreased by 8.3%, 1.8% and 12.5% respectively. The average length of stay of visitors held stable from a year earlier, at 1.0 day in July 2013; overnight and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively. Visitor arrivals totalled 16,707,410 from January to July 2013, an increase of 4.3% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 10.4% and 5.5%, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China decreased by 3.8% and 10.5%. Long-haul visitors from the US (102,623), Australia (62,033) and Canada (41,497) saw year-on-year decline, on the contrary, those from the UK (33,579), France (23,553) and the Russian Federation (17,972) registered year-on-year increase.
