More mainland tourists came to Hong Kong during the Golden Week holiday compared to the previous year, the government revealed on Monday, saying the number of inbound arrivals from across the border met expectations. The administration said the city saw about 766,000 mainland visitor arrivals over the five-day break ending on Sunday. On average, Hong Kong recorded some 15,300 inbound trips from the mainland each day, about 22 percent more than last year's Golden Week holiday. "Although the Golden Week was affected by the rain most of the time, the number of mainland visitors reached around 760,000, matching our initial estimate and bringing Hong Kong's economy with more than HK$2 billion consumption returns," said Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung. About 570 tour groups from the mainland came to Hong Kong during the five-day period, while May 2 recorded the highest number of inbound arrivals with 192,000 people arriving in the territory. Officials earlier estimated about 800,000 mainland visitor arrivals for the holiday period.
