same quarter last
year.
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The weight of inward cargo
carried by sea and by air also increased, by 15% and 2%
respectively.
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The number of visitors coming
coming to Hong Kong in
the third quarter of 1983 was 3% higher than in the third
quarter of 1982. Visitors from the United States, Canada,
and Western Europe increased by 21%, 22% and 2%
respectively, while those from Japan decreased by 10%. At
the end of September 1983, there were 17 393 hotel rooms
in Hong Kong as compared with 17 433 a year ago. The average hotel occupancy rate in the third quarter was 82%,
slightly higher than in the corresponding period of last
year.
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