Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
AUGUST 2006
No. 8
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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VISITOR ARRIVALS
In light of the Summer holidays, visitor arrivals reached an all-time record of 1,922,243 in August 2006, up 11.0% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong grew 8.4% and 13.1% respectively but those from Taiwan, China decreased 3.3%. In addition, same-day visitors accounted for 50.7% of the total arrivals, at 974,257.
In August, 51.6% of the visitor arrivals from Mainland China travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 526,279.
In the first eight months of 2006, visitor arrivals reached 14,146,971, up 14.8% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors, at 7,311,067, made up 51.7% of the total.
Compared with the same period of last year, visitor arrivals by sea rose 13.7% to 5,020,844 in the first eight months of 2006, with 4,772,289 arriving at the Outer Harbour. Cumulative arrivals through the Border Gate soared to 8,324,699, up 25.5%. Arrivals by air totalled 801,428 (+14.8%), with 794,968 arrived at the Macao International Airport (+15.2%).
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Aug. Aug. 2006 Jan.- Aug.
Place of residence
2005 2006 Δ% By sea By land By air 2005 2006 Δ%
TOTAL 1 732 083 1 922 243 10.98 675 615 1 138 397 108 231 12 321 130 14 146 971 14.82 East Asia 1 666 302 1 825 985 9.58 624 981 1 110 618 90 386 11 789 439 13 410 853 13.75 Mainland China 940 109 1 018 955 8.39 185 828 813 211 19 916 6 843 974 7 794 748 13.89 Hong Kong 562 162 635 769 13.09 397 540 235 917 2 312 3 736 529 4 417 845 18.23 Taiwan, China 138 181 133 595 -3.32 14 697 56 870 62 028 1 021 777 951 347 -6.89 Japan 13 701 21 669 58.16 17 440 2 606 1 623 105 806 134 642 27.25 Republic of Korea 11 708 15 697 34.07 9 393 1 829 4 475 78 243 109 637 40.12
Others 441 300 -31.97 83 185 32 3 110 2 634 -15.31
South Asia 2 551 3 463 35.75 2 182 1 023 258 20 608 26 324 27.74
Southeast Asia 27 021 51 794 91.68 20 410 17 194 14 190 240 099 401 414 67.19 Americas 14 853 16 656 12.14 10 494 4 568 1 594 115 957 133 840 15.42 Europe 14 867 17 216 15.80 12 875 3 012 1 329 102 129 114 390 12.01
Oceania 5 394 5 609 3.99 4 011 1 294 304 46 038 51 262 11.35
Others 1 095 1 520 38.81 662 688 170 6 860 8 888 29.56
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
Visitor arrivals by place of residence August 2006
Others 7.0%
Taiwan, China 6.9%
Hong Kong 33.1%
Mainland China 53.0%
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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 Checkpoint of Border Gate
Checkpoint of CoTai a
Airport Heliport
TOTAL 646 629 28 986 1 138 397 - 107 508 723
East Asia 597 782 27 199 1 110 618 - 89 796 590
Mainland China 171 284 14 544 813 211 - 19 714 202
Hong Kong 395 283 2 257 235 917 - 1 957 355
Taiwan, China 5 993 8 704 56 870 - 62 026 2
Japan 16 709 731 2 606 - 1 601 22
Republic of Korea 8 430 963 1 829 - 4 466 9
Others 83 - 185 - 32 -
South Asia 2 123 59 1 023 - 245 13
Southeast Asia 19 615 795 17 194 - 14 136 54
Americas 10 120 374 4 568 - 1 572 22
Europe 12 516 359 3 012 - 1 299 30
Oceania 3 955 56 1 294 - 299 5
Others 518 144 688 - 161 9
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All passages of this Checkpoint are temporarily closed since 17 September 2005 except that of cargo transport Absolute value equals zero
TABLE 3: ARRIVALS OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport Jan. – Aug.
2006 Place of
residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 974 257 10.13 259 687 5.70 645 830 12.23 68 740 8.29 7 311 067 13.73 East Asia 932 159 8.86 234 399 4.10 635 825 11.65 61 935 0.46 6 978 781 12.76 Mainland China 472 919 8.08 32 866 2.12 436 675 8.21 3 378 86.94 3 667 487 14.82 Hong Kong 320 618 13.79 174 368 -3.08 145 207 43.52 1 043 51.16 2 333 980 17.55 Taiwan, China 117 545 -4.52 11 899 209.71 51 732 -17.68 53 914 -4.45 843 144 -7.41 Japan 11 985 55.99 10 288 68.99 1 501 6.30 196 7.10 74 173 25.80 Republic of Korea 8 985 46.77 4 948 57.98 641 43.72 3 396 33.49 59 259 50.43
Others 107 20.22 30 20.00 69 7.81 8 .. 738 0.54
South Asia 1 191 40.28 784 33.79 372 53.09 35 75.00 9 522 18.37
Southeast Asia 20 074 122.33 8 533 56.25 5 796 136.57 5 745 413.86 163 536 81.14 Americas 8 166 6.58 5 540 1.84 2 133 14.43 493 37.71 69 035 12.59
Europe 9 073 25.27 7 737 23.36 911 16.35 425 126.06 59 100 13.76
Oceania 2 839 -7.55 2 321 -9.58 436 1.16 82 12.33 26 903 9.12
Others 755 65.93 373 102.72 357 78.50 25 -64.79 4 190 42.81
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change .. Not applicable
