[Hong Kong Tourism Board: more than 10 million visitors to Hong Kong in the first five months] the Hong Kong Tourism Board said on 2 June that the number of visitors to Hong Kong exceeded 10 million in the first five months of this year. In May, the number of visitors from the mainland and Southeast Asia returned to more than 60% of what it was before the outbreak. The HKTB said that the overall outlook for tourism recovery in the second half of the year was optimistic. The HKTB also pointed out that about half of the visitors to Hong Kong were overnight visitors, and the hotel occupancy rate, spending power and the number of days of stay in Hong Kong were similar to those before the epidemic. In addition, nearly half of the visitors come to Hong Kong for the purpose of leisure.