Results of the Visitor Arrivals for March 2007
Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that the number of visitor arrivals totalled 2,161,407 in March 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.2%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong increased by 13.4% and 28.2% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 3.7%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,137,808.

The majority of the visitors came from Mainland China (54.7% of the total), Hong Kong (30.9%) and Taiwan, China (5.5%). Among the Mainland visitors, 52.7% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 623,205.

In the first quarter of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 6,369,664, up by 21.4% over the same period of last year. Arrivals from Mainland China rose 20.1% to 3,577,119, while those from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China went up by 22.2% and 1.5% respectively. Furthermore, same day visitors made up 52.4% of the total arrivals, at 3,340,887.

Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea increased by 13.8% to 2,152,355 over the first quarter of 2006. Among them, 2,002,335 arrived at the Outer Harbour, with 61.6% from Hong Kong and 24.9% from Mainland China. Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour were 150,020, and 59.1% were from Mainland China.

At the same time, visitors arrived by land surged by 26.1% to 3,875,130 and most of them entering through the Border Gate; visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for 75.2% and 18.0% respectively.

In addition, arrivals by air were 342,179 in the first quarter of 2007, up by 20.0% over the same quarter of 2006. Among the 338,660 arrivals at the Macao International Airport, visitors from Taiwan, China (45.3%), Mainland China (22.5%) and South East Asia (20.7%) were the major users.

Source | Statistics and Census Service

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