VISITORS EXPENDITURE
COMPARISON OF TOURIST AVENUE WITH EXPORT/RE-EXPORT REVENUE
TOURIST REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF :
YEAR
NO. VISITORS
@HK$
1962
253,016
2050
TOTAL HK$ *
518,682,800
VALUE OF EXPORTS $
VALUE OF
RE-EXPORTS
HK$ TOTAL
EXPORT
EXPORT/RE-EXPORT
REVENUE
RE-EXPORT
REVENUE
TOTAL EX/RE-EXPO
REVENUE
1963
315,665
1900
599,763,500
1964
398,534
1750
1965
446, 743
1600
697,434,500 714,788,800
3,317,406,500
3,831,031,600
4,427,620, 100
1,069,922,100
4,387,328,600
15.63%
48.50%
11.81%
1,160,195,000
4,991, 226,600
16.66%
51.69%
12.02%
5,026,800, 800
1,355,951,800
1,502,762, 600
5,783,571,900
15.75%
51.43%
12.06%
6,529,563, 400
14.21%
47.56%
10.94%
1966
505,733
1403
709,543,400
5,729,840,100
1967
527,365
1460
769,952,900
6,699,987,800
1968
618,410
1567
972,141,000
8,428, 412, 500
1969
765,213
1717
1,317,000,000
10,518,028,000
1,833, 274, 400
2,081,126,900
2,141,912, 200
2,679,130,000
7,563, 114, 500
12.38%
38.70%
9.38%
8,781,114,719
11.49%
36.99%
8.76%
10,570,324,700
13,197,158,600
11.53%
45.38%
9.19%
12.49%
49.04%
9.96%
1970
925,000
1790
1,655,750,000 (estimates)
* NOTE
Income from visiting American Servicemen is excluded. In 1967, based on a per capita expenditure of $1,713,
this income was a minimum of HK$376,860,000.
In 1968, this income was a minimum of HK$384,606,000.
In 1969, an estimated 230,000 R & R Personnel and U.S. Servicemen spent HK$400 million.