Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 3% year-on-year to 2,405,497 in September 2014. Same-day visitors accounted for 52% of the total, at 1,241,926. Analysed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China increased by 6% year-on-year to 1,595,485, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (641,481) and Fujian Province (75,084); Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme rose by 11%, at 653,800. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (46,812) and Japan (27,331) increased by 24% and 7% respectively year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (509,181) and Taiwan (79,968) decreased by 3% and 13%. Long-haul visitors from the United States (13,787) registered year-on-year increase of 7%, while those from Australia (8,840), Canada (5,031) and the United Kingdom (4,291) saw decrease. The average length of stay of visitors remained unchanged from a year earlier, at 1.0 day in September 2014; overnight and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively. In the first three quarters of 2014, visitor arrivals reached 23,529,009, up by 7% year-on-year, with same-day visitors sharing 53% of the total. Visitors from Mainland China (15,812,886), the Republic of Korea (420,464) and Japan (228,031) increased year-on-year, but those from Hong Kong (4,864,004) and Taiwan (726,921) decreased. Moreover, long-haul visitors from the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom recorded year-on-year increase; however, those from Canada registered decrease.
