The Hong Kong Administrative Region recorded about 45 million visitor arrivals in the first 11 months of 2025, up 12 percent year on year, surpassing the total number of visitors for the entire year of 2024, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) said Monday.
Among them, approximately 34.50 million visitor arrivals were from the mainland, rising 11 percent from last year. Visitor arrivals from elsewhere expanded 16 percent year on year to about 10 million, the data showed.
In addition, the data indicated that both the short-distance and long-distance markets recorded growth of nearly 20 percent in these 11 months.
Hong Kong visitor arrivals up 16 percent in 11 months
The United Nations has expressed serious concern over the deadly missile strike on a girls' school in Iran, and warns the serious impact of the escalating regional tension over civilians.
Speaking at a regular briefing at UN headquarters on Monday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, said that the UN has seen the reporting on the attack on the girls' school and the horrendous deaths of the students.
As a number of U.S. officials have announced to carry out independent investigation, the UN looks forward to the sharing of related results, he added.
The UN is also increasingly concerned about the escalating conflict across the Middle East, and reiterates that all possible precautions must be taken to protect civilians from the impact of hostilities, he said.
"We continue raising the alarm over the humanitarian impact of escalating violence across parts of the Middle East, which is driving rising civilian casualties, damage to civilian infrastructure, and growing displacement of people," he said. Dujarric added that recent reports of attacks on energy facilities and desalination plants are particularly worrying, as they could pose serious environmental and public health risks.
The UN continues to call on all parties to respect international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and pursue diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the crisis, he said.
UN voices concern about deadly Iranian school strike, expects independent investigation
