Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitor arrivals increased by 10% year-on-year to 2,625,997 in March 2014; same-day visitors accounted for 53% of the total, at 1,393,993.

In March 2014, visitors from Mainland China surged by 24% year-on-year to 1,769,408, coming primarily from Guangdong Province (40%), Fujian Province (4%) and Hunan Province (3%); Mainland visitors travelling under the Individual Visit Scheme totalled 738,287, sharing 42% of the total from Mainland China. Visitors from the Republic of Korea (40,625) and Japan (30,281) increased by 10% and 5% respectively year-on-year, while those from Hong Kong (522,390) and Taiwan (77,297) decreased by 15% and 4%. Long-haul visitors from the United Kingdom (6,609) increased by 17% year-on-year; on the contrary, visitors from Australia (8,989) decreased by 10%.

The average length of stay of visitors remained unchanged from a year earlier, at 1.0 day in March 2014; overnight and same-day visitors stayed an average of 1.9 days and 0.2 day respectively.

In the first quarter of 2014, visitor arrivals reached 7,690,166, up by 9% year-on-year; same-day visitors totalled 4,121,351 (54% of total). Visitors from Mainland China and the Republic of Korea increased by 17% and 18% respectively, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan decreased by 9% and 4%. Besides, visitors from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom posted year-on-year increase, but those from Australia registered decline. In the first quarter of 2014, the average length of stay of visitors was 1.0 day, same as that in the same quarter of 2013.