TOURISM INDICATORS

Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

APRIL 2009

No. 4

Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.

Statistics and Census Service

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PACKAGE TOURS AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE

Visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 475,806 in April 2009, with the majority coming from Mainland China (364,571); Taiwan, China (28,188); and Hong Kong (21,262). Meanwhile, there were 18,728 Macao residents travelling outbound in package tours and 37,298 travelling under own arrangements with services of travel agencies.

1 . Visitor Arrivals in Package Tours and Outbound Macao Residents

Visitor Arrivals in Package Tours Outbound Macao Residents Place of residence/

Destination

Jan.- Apr.

2009

Year-on- year change (%)

In Package Tours Apr. 2009

Year-on-year change (%)

Under Individual Arrangements

Apr. 2009

Year-on- year change

(%)

Total 475 806 5.7 1 846 706 12.1 18 728 9.6 37 298 28.1

Mainland China 364 571 20.8 1 422 911 22.0 14 933 15.5 11 793 48.1

Hong Kong 21 262 -32.2 88 940 -13.2 75 177.8 12 717 9.8

Taiwan, China 28 188 34.7 83 749 15.8 1 396 35.5 7 491 143.3

Japan 9 084 -43.9 60 741 -4.4 634 -33.3 828 28.0

Thailand 12 252 -23.2 45 069 7.0 304 -69.4 1 347 -30.2

Others 40 449 -36.5 145 296 -27.8 1 386 20.2 3 122 -19.9

At the end of April 2009, there were 17,535 guest rooms available in the hotel sector. The average hotel occupancy rate for April 2009 dropped by 1.8 percentage points year-on-year to 73.6%; the average length of stay of hotel guests was 1.34 nights, up slightly by 0.01 night over April 2008.

A total of 577,228 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments in April 2009, up by 6.0% year- on-year, with the majority of the guests coming from Mainland China (51.6%) and Hong Kong (23.2%).

2. Principal Statistics of the Hotel Sector

Average Occupancy Rate Overnight Guests Available Rooms Classification of

establishments

(%)

Year-on-year change (percentage

point)

Jan.- Apr.

2009 (%)

Year-on- year change (percentage point)

Apr. 2009

Average Length of Stay (night)

Apr. 2009

Total

Hotels 74.5 -1.5 71.1 -3.3 568 820 1.34 16 965

5-star hotels 70.5 -1.5 67.5 -5.5 255 761 1.64 9 369

4-star hotels 83.6 1.2 79.7 1.0 176 701 1.09 4 021

3-star hotels 78.1 -2.1 74.2 -1.5 106 645 1.11 2 729

2-star hotels 63.7 -8.0 60.2 -3.5 29 713 1.03 846

Guest-houses 48.5 -9.1 48.3 -9.0 8 408 1.53 570

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PACKAGE TOURS AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE APRIL 2009 DSEC No. 4

3. Hotel Occupancy Rate %

2008 Apr 75.4 ^r 72.0 82.4 80.2 71.7 57.6 ^r

May 72.9 71.6 77.5 75.3 66.1 56.1

Jun 73.3 76.4 75.5 70.4 54.3 53.0

Jul 78.9 80.5 84.3 75.2 66.2 53.2

Aug 76.7 80.7 79.5 70.8 57.6 53.1

Sep 66.8 69.5 68.3 64.3 49.2 50.7

Oct 71.5 71.3 77.0 72.4 57.9 50.7

Nov

Dec ^{79.0 76.8} 87.6 82.4 68.2 51.6

2009 Jan 65.6 65.7 70.0 64.9 56.7 49.4

Feb 69.4 67.1 78.7 73.2 54.7 47.3

Mar 72.6 66.4 86.4 80.6 65.4 48.0

Apr 73.6 70.5 83.6 78.1 63.7 48.5

Jan - Apr 70.4 67.5 79.7 74.2 60.2 48.3

4. Hotel Guests No.

Year/Month Total 5-star hotels 4-star hotels 3-star hotels 2-star hotels Guest-houses

2008 Apr 544 467 215 239 174 869 114 160 30 197 10 002

May 544 151 224 997 170 776 110 218 27 850 10 310

Jun 510 015 216 831 159 512 102 978 21 651 9 043

Jul 587 624 258 681 183 691 107 266 28 097 9 889

Aug 546 903 232 608 173 993 104 944 25 658 9 700

Sep 473 475 218 258 142 115 85 718 18 814 8 570

Oct 536 761 237 662 162 746 102 305 24 856 9 192

Nov

Dec 617 501 269 154 192 432 116 317 30 332 9 266

2009 Jan 524 618 242 030 160 502 87 741 25 134 9 211

Feb 515 680 229 754 161 099 94 570 22 383 7 874

Mar 596 529 ^r 250 554 ^r 194 284 112 615 30 307 8 769

Apr 577 228 255 761 176 701 106 645 29 713 8 408

Jan - Apr 2 214 055 978 099 692 586 401 571 107 537 34 262

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Revised figures

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