Hong Kong welcomes record number of visitors in August
Hong Kong saw a record single- month total of 2.76 million visitors in August, representing a year-on-year growth of 16.9 percent, according to government statistics released Friday.

For the first eight months of the year, visitors to Hong Kong totaled 18.24 million, growing 9 percent on a year-on-year basis, the Tourism Board said in a press release.

Arrivals from the Chinese mainland rose 23.5 percent to over 1. 68 million in August, the Tourism Board said, adding that it was " the best-ever monthly record for the mainland".

Arrivals from the mainland during the first eight months totaled 10.18 million, up 9.8 percent from the same period of 2006.