Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals in package tour totalled 716,867 in October 2013, down by 11.5% year-on-year. Under the influence of the new Tourism Law in Mainland China, effective in October, visitors coming from the Mainland (526,564) decreased by 10.6% year-on-year, with 280,110 from Guangdong Province, which was followed by Taiwan, China (60,414); the Republic of Korea (34,646); and Hong Kong (34,060). In the first ten months of 2013, visitors in package tour totalled 8,130,563, up by 10.2% year-on-year.

Outbound residents using services of travel agencies reached 123,393 in October, up by 11.1% year-on-year; those travelling in package tour totalled 46,485 and the main destinations were Mainland China; Taiwan, China; Hong Kong; and the Republic of Korea. In the first ten months of 2013, outbound residents increased by 14.3% year-on-year to 1,192,751 and 451,812 travelled in package tour.

There were 98 hotels and guesthouses operating at the end of October 2013, providing 27,803 guest rooms, up by 6.7% year-on-year; 5-star hotels had 18,368 rooms, accounting for 66.1% of the total.

In October 2013, a total of 830,701 guests checked into hotels and guesthouses, up by 5.4% year-on-year, with 489,862 staying in 5-star hotels (+10.1%). The average length of stay of guests held stable as October 2012, at 1.4 nights. The average occupancy rate was 82.9%, up by 1.5 percentage points year-on-year, with 5-star hotels reaching 84.4%. Total number of guests was 8,823,348 in the first ten months of 2013, an increase of 13.1% year-on-year; the average occupancy rate stood at 82.0%, down by 0.9 percentage points.

From January to October 2013, visitor-guests took up 70.1% of the total number of overnight visitors, higher than the 64.9% in the same period of 2012.