Tourists and their Country of Origin

Of the 316 tourists respondents’, 120 or 37.97% were from China, 48 or 15.19% were from USA, 30 or 9.49% were from Australia, 24 or 7.59% are from Japan, 16 or 5.06% were from Taiwan, 14 or 4.43% were from Singapore, 12 or 3.80% were from Germany, 12 or 3.80% % were from the Philippines and lastly, Canada, Macau, Malaysia, UK and others has frequency value of 8 or 2.53%. It reveals that China has the highest frequency among other countries. This is very understandable considering that China is just miles away from the country, and visitors can even travel via the underground tunnel. Generally, it implies that aside from Chinese visitors, Hong Kong has mixed foreign visitors.

Table 25: Frequency and percentage distribution of
Tourists with their country of origin

Country of Origin Frequency Percent
Australia 30 9.49
Canada 8 2.53
China 120 37.97
Germany 12 3.80
Japan 24 7.59
Macau 8 2.53
Malaysia 8 2.53
Other 8 2.53
Philippines 12 3.80
Singapore 14 4.43
Taiwan 16 5.06
UK 8 2.53
USA 48 15.19
Total 316 100.00