TOURISM INDICATORS

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

October 2007

No. 10

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

Statistics and Census Service

17^th floor, “Dynasty Plaza” Bldg., 411-417 Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpção, Macao Tel: 3995311 Fax: 28307825 Printed in November 2007

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VISITOR ARRIVALS Benefited from the National Day holidays, number of visitor arrivals reached 2,430,414 in October 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 22.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong registered growth of 28.9% and 8.1% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 5.5%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.7% of the total arrivals, at 1,280,949.

Among the Mainland visitors, 46.4% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 634,417.

In the first ten months of 2007, visitor arrivals reached 21,926,427, up by 22.6% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.2% of the total, at 11,453,650.

Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 16.3% to 7,272,873 over the first ten months of 2006. Meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 26.8% to 13,464,068 and arrivals by air rose by 17.7% to 1,189,486.

TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Oct. Oct. 2007 Jan.- Oct.

Place of

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

TOTAL ^{1 989 828} ^{2 430 414} ^22.14 ^{772 433} ^{1 527 183}^a ^{130 798} 17 885 622 21 926 427 22.59 East Asia 1 861 268 2 226 282 19.61 668 195 1 468 790 89 297 16 920 105 20 428 082 20.73 Mainland China 1 061 697 1 368 461 28.89 186 100 1 155 111 27 250 9 773 828 12 022 644 23.01 Hong Kong 641 486 693 743 8.15 434 777 256 868 2 098 5 638 262 6 794 074 20.50 Taiwan, China 128 214 121 135 -5.52 14 849 51 234 55 052 1 201 477 1 197 880 -0.30

Japan 18 184 25 645 41.03 21 313 2 761 1 571 172 977 233 391 34.93

Republic of Korea 11 394 16 824 47.66 11 015 2 530 3 279 130 352 176 299 35.25

Others 293 474 61.77 141 286 47 3 209 3 794 18.23

South Asia 4 027 7 268 80.48 4 398 1 988 882 34 050 50 772 49.11

Southeast Asia 70 367 115 594 64.27 44 555 38 090 32 949 527 357 875 670 66.05

Americas 22 723 34 004 49.65 23 247 7 785 2 972 173 343 237 103 36.78

Europe 20 958 27 548 31.44 20 693 4 444 2 411 151 054 202 010 33.73

Oceania 8 132 15 218 87.14 9 876 3 611 1 731 66 647 102 473 53.75

Others 2 353 4 500 91.25 1 469 2 475 556 13 066 30 317 132.03

a Including 1638 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change

Source : Public Security Police

Mainland China 56.3%

Visitor arrivals by place of residence October 2007

Hong Kong 28.5%

Others 10.2%

Taiwan, China 5.0%

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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 Border Gate Checkpoint of CoTai ^b

Airport Heliport of Outer Habour

TOTAL 726 981 45 452 1 448 625 76 920 130 657 141

East Asia 627 100 41 095 1 392 234 74 935 89 163 134

Mainland China 163 185 22 915 1 099 847 54 124 27 250 -

Hong Kong 427 702 7 075 250 128 6 286 1 965 133

Taiwan, China 6 981 7 868 36 882 14 325 55 052 -

Japan 19 890 1 423 2 610 151 1 570 1

Republic of Korea 9 211 1 804 2 482 48 3 279 -

Others 131 10 285 1 47 -

South Asia 4 223 175 1 958 30 881 1

Southeast Asia 42 226 2 329 36 959 1130 32 947 2

Americas 22 469 778 7 364 421 2 972 -

Europe 20 068 625 4 275 153 2 408 3

Oceania 9 643 233 3 390 221 1 730 1

Others 1 252 217 2 445 30 556 -

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. –Oct.

2007 Place of

residence

Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%

TOTAL 1 280 949 25.07 318 881 16.05 895 275^c 31.37 66 793 -1.64 11 453 650 24.04 East Asia 1 194 672 23.25 272 018 11.76 871 888 30.68 50 766 -13.58 10 784 123 22.50 Mainland China 704 717 41.42 47 664 48.78 650 320 40.79 6 733 53.44 5 991 342 30.47 Hong Kong 376 331 9.59 201 363 6.87 174 043 12.95 925 4.05 3 591 705 20.42 Taiwan, China 97 029 -13.84 10 199 -14.87 45 086 -7.86 41 744 -19.26 1 010 958 -4.95

Japan 9 567 2.72 7 941 3.80 1 434 -1.44 192 -8.13 107 918 13.74

Republic of Korea 6 876 22.98 4 795 45.57 909 23.00 1 172 -24.78 81 005 16.89

Others 152 145.16 56 700.00 96 84.62 - -100.00 1 195 37.83

South Asia 2 030 58.59 1 212 36.95 731 111.27 87 77.55 16 307 36.31

Southeast Asia 44 833 65.24 16 874 60.28 14 115 58.52 13 844 79.79 366 783 72.67

Americas 16 623 48.91 12 030 52.72 3 845 47.04 748 11.48 118 564 34.37

Europe 13 470 28.75 11 266 28.83 1 491 29.20 713 26.64 101 946 31.45

Oceania 7 307 85.08 5 036 63.19 1 670 127.21 601 373.23 49 235 42.68

Others 2 014 124.78 445 60.65 1 535 170.72 34 -34.62 16 692 179.32

c Including 1 143 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change

- Absolute value equals zero Source : Public Security Police

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