TOURISM INDICATORS

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Statistics and Census Service

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

August 2007

No. 8

VISITOR ARRIVALS In light of the Summer holidays, number of visitor arrivals reached 2,381,752 in August 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 23.9%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong registered growth of 32.1% and 13.4% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 9.4%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 51.3% of the total arrivals, at 1,222,406.

Among the Mainland visitors, 48.2% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 648,987.

In the first eight months of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 17,230,083, up by 21.8% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.3% of the total, at 9,012,494.

Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 14.6% to 5,754,666 over the first eight months of 2006. Meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 26.5% to 10,533,698 and arrivals by air rose by 17.5% to 941,719.

TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Aug. Aug. 2007 Jan.-Aug.

Place of

residence 2006 2007 ∆% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 ∆%

TOTAL 1 922 243 2 381 752 23.90 801 475 1 459 939^a 120 338 14 146 971 17 230 083 21.79 East Asia 1 825 985 2 236 732 22.49 729 346 1 416 996 90 390 13 410 853 16 095 094 20.02 Mainland China 1 018 955 1 345 928 32.09 228 636 1 088 109 29 183 7 794 748 9 432 058 21.01 Hong Kong 635 769 720 800 13.37 449 714 268 793 2 293 4 417 845 5 389 038 21.98 Taiwan, China 133 595 120 990 -9.44 13 598 54 434 52 958 951 347 950 449 -0.09

Japan 21 669 26 007 20.02 21 805 2 926 1 276 134 642 178 245 32.38

Republic of Korea 15 697 22 680 44.49 15 510 2 510 4 660 109 637 142 334 29.82

Others 300 327 9.00 83 224 20 2 634 2 970 12.76

South Asia 3 463 4 943 42.74 2 875 1 595 473 26 324 38 347 45.67

Southeast Asia 51 794 81 475 57.31 29 599 27 566 24 310 401 414 668 622 66.57

Americas 16 656 22 717 36.39 14 868 5 901 1 948 133 840 179 365 34.01

Europe 17 216 23 083 34.08 17 128 3 899 2 056 114 390 152 728 33.52

Oceania 5 609 9 301 65.82 6 462 1 857 982 51 262 73 755 43.88

Others 1 520 3 501 130.33 1 197 2 125 179 8 888 22 172 149.46

a Including 972 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park

∆% Year-on-year percentage change Source : Public Security Police

Mainland China 56.5%

Visitor arrivals by place of residence August 2007

Hong Kong 30.3%

Others 8.1%

Taiwan, China 5.1%

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TABLE 2: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Mode of transport

By sea By land By air

Place of residence

Outer Harbour Inner Harbour Border Gate Checkpoint of CoTai ^b

Airport Heliport of Outer Habour

TOTAL 770 216 31 259 1 404 328 54 639 120 245 93

East Asia 700 635 28 711 1 362 453 53 584 90 317 73

Mainland China 212 933 15 703 1 050 926 36 543 29 160 23

Hong Kong 446 361 3 353 265 873 2 621 2 255 38

Taiwan, China 6 879 6 719 40 114 14 301 52 957 1

Japan 20 763 1 042 2 857 68 1 271 5

Republic of Korea 13 620 1 890 2 459 51 4 654 6

Others 79 4 224 - 20 -

South Asia 2 699 176 1 588 7 473 -

Southeast Asia 28 488 1 111 26 834 727 24 307 3

Americas 14 289 579 5 735 160 1 936 12

Europe 16 748 380 3 811 86 2 052 4

Oceania 6 344 118 1 789 68 981 1

Others 1 013 184 2 118 7 179 -

b The checkpoint of CoTai has resumed full service since 30 April 2007 - Absolute value equals zero

TABLE 3: SAME-DAY VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Mode of transport

Jan. –Aug.

2007 Place of

residence

Total ∆% By sea ∆% By land ∆% By air ∆% Total ∆%

TOTAL 1 222 406 25.47 290 760 11.97 866 530^c 34.17 65 116 -5.27 9 012 494 23.27 East Asia 1 160 903 24.54 257 623 9.91 850 504 33.76 52 776 -14.79 8 498 566 21.78 Mainland China 670 058 41.69 39 736 20.90 623 734 42.84 6 588 95.03 4 670 420 27.35 Hong Kong 366 304 14.25 190 067 9.00 175 109 20.59 1 128 8.15 2 860 164 22.54 Taiwan, China 101 563 -13.60 9 857 -17.16 49 207 -4.88 42 499 -21.17 814 074 -3.45

Japan 12 195 1.75 10 512 2.18 1 497 -0.27 186 -5.10 85 909 15.82

Republic of Korea 10 660 18.64 7 434 50.24 852 32.92 2 374 -30.09 67 057 13.16

Others 123 14.95 17 -43.33 105 52.17 1 -87.50 942 27.64

South Asia 1 482 24.43 882 12.50 538 44.62 62 77.14 12 838 34.82

Southeast Asia 31 760 58.21 11 798 38.26 9 451 63.06 10 511 82.96 284 676 74.08

Americas 10 643 30.33 7 401 33.59 2 697 26.44 545 10.55 90 640 31.30

Europe 11 197 23.41 9 173 18.56 1 186 30.19 838 97.18 77 960 31.91

Oceania 4 305 51.64 3 338 43.82 629 44.27 338 312.20 35 300 31.21

Others 2 116 180.26 545 46.11 1 525 327.17 46 84.00 12 514 198.66

c Including 667 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park

∆% Year-on-year percentage change Source : Public Security Police