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factors and the increasing use of larger aircraft. In terms of weight, outward movements of cargo by sea increased by 22% and those by air increased by 23%. The corresponding growth rates for inward movements of cargo by sea and by air were
both 9%.
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At 1 283 000, the number of visitors coming to Hong Kong in the first half of 1983 was 6% higher than in the first
half of 1982. Visitors from the United States, South East Asia, the United Kingdom and Canada increased by 12%, 118, 98 and 7% respectively, while those from Japan decreased by 3%. At the end of June 1983, there were 17 393 hotel rooms in Hong Kong compared with 16 541 a year ago.
occupancy rate in the first half was 79%, in the corresponding period of last year.
The average hotel somewhat lower than
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