Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that visitors on package tours rose by 25.6% year-on-year to 760,000 in September 2017, with a month-to-month increase of 8.9%. Package tour visitors from Mainland China (635,000), the Republic of Korea (34,000) and Taiwan (37,000) went up by 32.4%, 10.8% and 2.4% respectively year-on-year, while those from Japan (13,000) and  Hong  Kong (11,000)  dropped  by 7.1%  and 21.1%  respectively.  In  the  first three quarters of 2017, visitors on package tours totalled 6,012,000, up by 11.0% year-on-year.

Outbound  residents  using  services  of  travel  agencies  increased  by  6.7% year-on-year to 106,000. Residents travelling on package tours grew by 7.4% to 39,000, with those going to Mainland China (26,000) rising by 4.7%. In the first three quarters of 2017, outbound residents using services of travel agencies totalled 1,017,000, up by 11.0% year-on-year.

There were 107 hotels & guesthouses operating at the end of September 2017. Number of guest rooms increased by 1.4% year-on-year to 37,000, with 5-star hotel rooms rising by 2.3% to 22,000, accounting for 60.6% of the total.

Number of guests of hotels & guesthouses in September 2017 increased by 3.2% year-on-year to 1,047,000. Guests coming from Mainland China (711,000) and the Republic of Korea (41,000) rose by 10.9% and 45.0% respectively year-on-year, whereas those from Hong Kong (105,000) and Taiwan (42,000) decreased by 29.4% and 6.1%. The average length of stay of guests went up by 0.1 night to 1.5 nights. The average occupancy rate of hotels & guesthouses rose by 3.9 percentage points year-on-year to 86.6%, with that of 4-star hotels rising by 3.1 percentage points to 89.6%; the occupancy rates of 5-star (86.9%)  and  3-star hotels (86.0%) also grew by 4.5 percentage points and 3.2 percentage points respectively.

In the first three quarters of 2017, guests of hotels & guesthouses totalled 9,699,000, up by 12.5% year-on-year. The average occupancy rate of hotels & guesthouses rose by 3.7 percentage points to 85.6%. The average length of stay of guests went up by 0.1 night year-on-year to 1.5 nights. Visitor-guests accounted for 72.2% of the total overnight visitors, up by 0.9 percentage points year-on-year.