Tourist numbers up 15 pct for Mid-Autumn Festival

The city saw visitor arrivals during the Mid-Autumn Festival between September 27 and 28 jump 14.6 per cent year-on-year to 252,213, Public Security Police announced yesterday. During the two days, local police recorded a total of 830,887 border crossings at local border checkpoints, of which 426,421were arrivals while the other 404,466 were departures. Most of the border crossings, 72 per cent or 605,412 of the total, were recorded at the Border Gate, while some 104,124 of the total were registered at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal.