Hong Kong welcomed 12 percent more visitors in October than the same period last year, with three quarters of arrivals being travellers from the mainland.

Provisional data from the Hong Kong Tourism Board on Monday showed the city received close to 4.6 million tourists last month.

Among them were nearly 3.5 million mainland visitors, representing an increase of 10 percent compared with the same period in 2024.

That brought the total number of tourists to the SAR in the first 10 months of 2025 to around 41 million, a 12 percent jump year on year.

About 31 million visitors were from the mainland, marking an 11 percent rise year on year, while the number of non-mainland tourists experienced stronger growth.

"Non-Chinese mainland visitors accounted for 9.62 million, increasing by 16 percent year on year. Among the markets, growth of visitors from Taiwan, Australia and the Middle East markets were more prominent," the board said in a statement.

Overseas long-haul visitors totalled 2.8 million from January to October, while the number of short-haul tourists came close to 5.3 million.