More Indonesians visit HK

More Indonesians visit HK

JAKARTA (JP): The number of Indonesians visiting Hong Kong
jumped 96.7 percent to 109,574 people in the first seven months
of this year, according to the Hong Kong Tourist Association.

The association's director for South and Southeast Asia, David
Leung, said here on Friday the number of Indonesian visitors to
Hong Kong plunged 40 percent to 104,000 last year from 174,000 in
1997.

He said the increase in the number of Indonesian visitors from
January to July was the highest recorded increase among Southeast
Asian countries.

However, in terms of total number of visitors, Indonesia
ranked fourth behind Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia, he
said.

Total visitor arrivals to Hong Kong reached about six million
people as of July, an increase of 11.1 percent from the same
period last year, he said.

Leung was upbeat the number of visitors to Hong Kong would
further increase this year with the launch of a special tourist
promotion campaign.

He said the Discover Hong Kong campaign offered discounts of
up to 70 percent at over 800 shopping outlets in the territory.
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