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Visitor Arrivals (Temporary Entrants) - Short and Long Term Visitor Arrivals: Selected Countries of Birth by Main Visa Category and Number of Entries Financial Year 2007-08

Country of Birth Temporary Residents Students Visitors Other Total
Afghanistan 73 53 642 299 1 066
Algeria 130 23 1 562 112 1 827
Argentina 821 209 5 694 628 7 352
Austria 1 033 497 16 697 1 313 19 539
Bahrain 96 349 955 125 1 525
Bangladesh 504 3 377 3 091 888 7 860
Belgium 2 135 205 12 233 691 15 264
Bosnia and Herzegovina 118 26 953 312 1 408
Brazil 3 362 9 877 13 939 1 351 28 530
Brunei Darussalam 185 1 286 3 423 303 5 196
Bulgaria 141 25 1 385 498 2 049
Burma (Myanmar) 347 476 1 814 666 3 304
Cambodia 268 552 4 088 713 5 621
Canada 16 218 5 202 83 325 6 696 111 441
Chile 1 637 914 6 352 1 369 10 273
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 13 300 90 908 320 796 29 268 454 272
Colombia 520 3 690 2 906 440 7 556
Congo, Democratic Republic of 102 11 935 32 1 079
Cook Islands - - - 4 191 4 191
Croatia 68 15 1 010 990 2 083
Cyprus 56 38 1 851 421 2 366
Czech Republic 299 93 3 707 177 4 276
Denmark 2 866 706 22 536 773 26 880
East Timor 89 167 1 016 417 1 690
Egypt 446 884 3 063 727 5 120
Estonia 600 49 1 341 87 2 076
Fiji 1 486 651 22 203 13 323 37 663
Finland 1 712 353 10 197 313 12 575
Former Czechoslovakia 330 2 231 3 181 658 6 401
Former Serbia and Montenegro 486 109 2 952 1 481 5 028
Former USSR 773 927 11 786 1 825 15 310
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 232 56 1 299 208 1 795
France 17 096 2 739 82 253 4 664 106 752
French Polynesia 49 38 2 349 181 2 617
Germany 27 149 5 907 135 610 7 361 176 027
Greece 384 53 6 265 1 525 8 227
Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2 895 17 517 66 235 11 865 98 512
Hungary 483 666 4 916 653 6 719
Iceland 72 58 869 87 1 085
India 20 879 49 865 104 966 16 045 191 755
Indonesia 4 123 16 594 67 580 9 686 97 983
Iran 1 954 1 407 5 976 1 246 10 583
Iraq 249 205 1 485 2 017 3 956
Ireland 22 151 304 54 374 3 587 80 415
Israel 1 316 411 11 049 829 13 605
Italy 5 336 1 014 49 267 2 456 58 073
Jamaica 67 11 973 120 1 171
Japan 24 072 11 823 485 154 4 586 525 635
Jordan 69 309 721 295 1 394
Kenya 436 1 181 3 820 898 6 336
Kiribati 26 71 1 163 148 1 409
Korea 33 664 25 927 196 955 6 788 263 335
Kuwait 93 444 3 190 594 4 321
Laos 52 304 1 889 127 2 372
Latvia 46 53 1 056 363 1 519
Lebanon 509 450 6 560 1 395 8 913
Lithuania 51 68 862 203 1 185
Macau (SAR of China) 36 1 030 2 355 219 3 641
Malaysia 5 152 25 382 149 575 8 325 188 435
Malta 228 8 2 591 512 3 339
Mauritius 323 3 079 4 886 429 8 716
Mexico 477 1 613 6 868 263 9 222
Morocco 122 34 1 592 199 1 947
Nauru 31 7 1 379 363 1 781
Nepal 307 7 880 1 745 163 10 096
Netherlands 8 471 704 53 674 5 499 68 347
New Caledonia 158 266 21 263 781 22 468
New Zealand 108 13 2 890 851 215 854 226
Nigeria 359 100 1 119 432 2 010
Niue - - - 1 262 1 262
Norway 1 837 2 271 13 520 589 18 217
Oman 151 899 949 29 2 027
Pakistan 853 3 415 4 863 867 9 998
Papua New Guinea 1 842 1 757 15 283 5 208 24 091
Peru 339 824 2 032 329 3 524
Philippines 13 599 2 548 38 579 11 312 66 038
Poland 1 058 1 290 11 253 1 999 15 601
Portugal 314 97 4 242 570 5 223
Qatar 34 224 1 029 64 1 352
Réunion 51 70 1 331 12 1 464
Romania 471 150 3 708 928 5 258
Russian Federation 697 193 3 818 1 370 6 078
Samoa 87 104 4 019 8 786 12 996
Saudi Arabia 437 8 227 4 606 243 13 512
Serbia 107 41 1 262 52 1 462
Singapore 3 882 13 081 134 360 12 600 163 923
Slovakia 196 103 1 837 43 2 179
Slovenia 61 29 1 863 25 1 977
Solomon Islands 152 163 3 352 1 454 5 120
South Africa 14 129 1 021 58 534 16 336 90 021
Spain 1 302 837 19 077 1 071 22 286
Sri Lanka 1 978 5 263 14 649 4 822 26 713
Sweden 6 147 1 953 29 832 1 252 39 185
Switzerland 1 680 1 411 35 305 2 245 40 642
Syria 118 87 874 239 1 318
Taiwan 6 221 7 930 73 542 8 014 95 707
Tanzania 90 153 1 102 474 1 818
Thailand 2 501 14 695 53 438 6 303 76 938
Tonga 115 172 4 818 2 152 7 257
Trinidad and Tobago 145 32 973 137 1 287
Turkey 667 953 4 323 753 6 696
Uganda 153 74 733 69 1 029
Ukraine 306 57 1 079 755 2 197
United Arab Emirates 205 2 500 7 327 790 10 822
United Kingdom 89 433 4 272 637 002 86 839 817 546
United States of America 29 058 14 756 329 900 23 847 397 561
Uruguay 68 16 937 344 1 366
Vanuatu 129 135 3 111 810 4 184
Venezuela 335 335 1 505 53 2 228
Vietnam 1 756 10 584 29 060 4 191 45 591
Zambia 263 530 1 429 466 2 688
Zimbabwe 2 831 1 294 5 582 1 749 11 456
Not stated 16 2 65 4 889 4 972
All other countries 4 804 3 094 23 861 185 935 217 694
Grand Total 420 045 409 136 3 702 370 1 419 697 5 951 248

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