A man taking a picture of a group of foreigners visiting The Peak in Hong Kong. Figures released by the Hong Kong Tourism Board show that visitor arrivals to Hong Kong reached over 30 million in the first three-quarters of 2011, 16.2 per cent higher when compared to the same period a year ago. In September alone, arrivals climbed up by 16.8 per cent year-on-year to 3,187,091.