Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
MAY 2005
No. 5
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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VISITOR ARRIVALS
Number of visitor arrivals totalled 1,539,534 in May 2005, which represented a year-on-year increase of 16.0%. Compared with May last year, visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, China increased 7.3%, 18.8% and 47.8% respectively. In addition, same-day visitors accounted for 52.8% of the total arrivals, at 813,420.
In May 2005, 51.2% of the visitor arrivals from Mainland China travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 446,792.
In the first five months of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 7,490,248, up 16.4% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors, at 3,945,380, made up 52.7% of the total.
Compared with the same period of last year, visitor arrivals by sea went up 7.7% to 2,661,756 in the first five months of 2005, with 2,590,678 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+7.2%). Arrivals by land soared to 4,402,678, up 20.3%, with 4,066,845 (+18.3%) arriving through the Border Gate and 335,833 through the Checkpoint of CoTai. Arrivals by air were 425,814 (+41.3%), with 421,023 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+42.9%).
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
May May 2005 Jan. – May
Place of
residence 2004 2005 Δ% By sea By land By air 2004 2005 Δ%
TOTAL 1 327 412 1 539 534 15.98 532 123 917 012 90 399 6 434 121 7 490 248 16.41
East Asia 1 284 479 1 466 966 14.21 489 630 896 577 80 759 6 231 847 7 159 643 14.89
Mainland China 812 561 871 889 7.30 162 918 694 396 14 575 3 732 210 4 187 576 12.20
Hong Kong 372 091 442 133 18.82 304 001 136 651 1 481 1 984 467 2 239 905 12.87
Taiwan, China 86 782 128 237 47.77 4 864 61 573 61 800 454 963 614 995 35.17
Japan 9 028 15 228 68.68 12 379 2 151 698 38 569 68 207 76.84
Republic of Korea 3 729 9 092 143.82 5 387 1 521 2 184 20 437 47 054 130.24
Others 288 387 34.38 81 285 21 1 201 1 906 58.70
South Asia 2 144 2 944 37.31 2 074 701 169 10 990 11 773 7.12
Southeast Asia 18 284 34 931 91.05 16 057 11 889 6 985 80 058 153 056 91.18
Americas 10 144 14 591 43.84 9 700 3 730 1 161 47 846 70 398 47.13
Europe 8 663 13 511 55.96 10 123 2 424 964 43 486 62 714 44.22
Oceania 3 093 5 591 80.76 4 055 1 286 250 17 168 28 616 66.68
Others 605 1 000 65.29 484 405 111 2 726 4 048 48.50
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
Visitor arrivals by place of residence May 2005
Others 6.4%
Taiwan, China 8.3%
Hong Kong 28.7%
Mainland China 56.6%
VISITOR ARRIVALS May 2005 DSEC No. 5
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
Airport Heliport of Outer Habour
TOTAL 517 613 14 510 846 354 70 658 89 374 1 025
East Asia 476 143 13 487 826 915 69 662 79 934 825
Mainland China 152 928 9 990 658 681 35 715 14 282 293
Hong Kong 302 633 1 368 131 112 5 539 1 008 473
Taiwan, China 4 270 594 33 396 28 177 61 785 15
Japan 11 957 422 2 029 122 667 31
Republic of Korea 4 276 1 111 1 416 105 2 171 13
Others 79 2 281 4 21 -
South Asia 2 053 21 684 17 160 9
Southeast Asia 15 580 477 11 394 495 6 951 34
Americas 9 484 216 3 442 288 1 112 49
Europe 9 879 244 2 316 108 894 70
Oceania 4 002 53 1 212 74 228 22
Others 472 12 391 14 95 16
- Absolute value equals zero
TABLE 3: ARRIVALS OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport Jan. – May
Place of 2005 residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 813 420 20.71 219 768 17.20 530 864 18.99 62 788 56.23 3 945 380 22.81
East Asia 779 539 19.02 196 590 12.46 523 124 18.64 59 825 52.53 3 792 860 21.37
Mainland China 410 488 5.90 30 350 -21.96 377 559 8.76 2 579 63.12 1 966 584 13.60
Hong Kong 241 597 30.17 154 861 19.39 86 055 55.98 681 -5.68 1 216 299 25.51
Taiwan, China 115 426 53.79 2 826 72.53 57 533 56.77 55 067 49.96 548 050 38.69
Japan 7 913 57.91 6 361 84.38 1 347 -2.04 205 10.22 38 122 85.34
Republic of Korea 4 032 151.53 2 181 96.31 558 16.49 1 293 9 846.15 23 343 169.46
Others 83 -6.74 11 -26.67 72 -2.70 - .. 462 57.68
South Asia 1 049 22.40 857 54.97 163 -42.40 29 38.10 4 385 -0.25
Southeast Asia 14 247 98.26 7 998 80.22 4 159 87.09 2 090 298.10 60 687 106.22
Americas 7 867 57.50 5 525 68.04 1 892 35.82 450 43.31 37 777 61.16
Europe 7 259 75.25 6 190 88.26 788 1.03 281 279.73 32 850 56.73
Oceania 3 044 112.57 2 428 131.02 527 50.57 89 187.10 15 128 88.07
Others 415 58.40 180 106.90 211 21.97 24 1 100.00 1 693 36.53
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change .. Not applicable
- Absolute value equals zero
