Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 15% year-on-year to 2,802,373 in November 2014. Same-day visitors accounted for 56% of the total, at 1,562,331. Analysed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China surged by 28% year-on-year to 1,975,951, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (898,373) and Fujian Province (78,196); Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme soared by 35%, at 940,056. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (41,592) increased by 8%, while those from Hong Kong (508,122) and Taiwan (69,625) decreased by 3% and 19%. Long-haul visitors from the United States (17,653), Australia (8,273), Canada (7,219) and the United Kingdom (6,402) registered year-on-year decline. The average length of stay of visitors decreased by 0.1 day year-on-year to 0.9 day in November 2014; overnight and same-day visitors had an average stay of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively. In the first eleven months of 2014, visitor arrivals reached 28,985,562, up by 8% year-on-year; same-day visitors amounted to 15,584,268, surpassing the annual total in 2013 (15,056,359). Visitors from Mainland China (19,613,556), the Republic of Korea (507,175) and Japan (274,945) increased year-on-year, but those from Hong Kong (5,880,836) and Taiwan (875,603) decreased. Moreover, long-haul visitors from the United States recorded year-on-year increase; however, those from the Australia, Canada and United Kingdom registered decrease.
