February Vistor Arrivals Up By 22.3%



The number of visitor arrivals totalled 2,169,489 in February 2007, representing a notable year-on-year increase of 22.3%. As the Chinese New Year fell in February this year, visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong registered remarkable growth of 23.1% and 24.1% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped slightly by 1.8%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.9% of the total arrivals, at 1,147,826.

The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China (57.1% of the total), Hong Kong (31.3%) and Taiwan, China (5.1%). Among the Mainland visitors, 61.9% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 766,863.

In the first two months of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 4,208,257, up significantly by 22.5% over the same period of last year. Arrivals from Mainland China surged 23.8% to 2,394,004, those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China went up by 19.3% and 4.6% respectively. Furthermore, same day visitors made up 52.4% of the total arrivals, at 2,203,079.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 14.0% year-on-year to 1,440,423 in the first two months of 2007. Among them, 1,331,336 arrived at the Outer Harbour, with 61.3% from Hong Kong and 25.7% from Mainland China. Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour were 109,087 and 60.6% were from Mainland China.

At the same time, visitors arrived by land increased 28.2% to 2,553,415, most of them arrived through the Border Gate; visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for 75.7% and 17.8% respectively.

In addition, arrivals by air were 214,419 in the first two months of 2007, up 19.1% over the same period of 2006. Among 212,105 arrivals at the Macao International Airport, visitors from Taiwan, China (44.7%), Mainland China (24.7%) and South East Asia (17.4%) were the major users.

Source | Statistics and Census Service

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