TOURISM INDICATORS

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

December 2007

No. 12

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

Statistics and Census Service

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VISITOR ARRIVALS The number of visitor arrivals reached 2,618,823 in December 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.1%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong rose by 26.8% and 2.7% respectively, with those from Southeast Asia soared by 81.2%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 50.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,324,030.

Among the Mainland visitors, 47.4% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 687,000.

Visitor arrivals for the whole year of 2007 surged by 22.8% over 2006 to an all-time record of 27,003,370.

Same-day visitors made up 52.1% of the total, at 14,058,164.

Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 17.3% to 8,980,381 over 2006. Meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 26.3% to 16,549,235 and arrivals by air rose by 19.2% to 1,473,754.

TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Dec. Dec. 2007 Jan.- Dec.

Place of

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

TOTAL 2 162 917 2 618 823 21.08 902 162^a 1 570 824^b 145 837 21 998 122 27 003 370 22.75 East Asia 2 008 477 2 358 903 17.45 766 045 1 501 140 91 718 20 750 930 25 024 422 20.59 Mainland China 1 142 575 1 448 243 26.75 226 415 1 192 439 29 389 11 985 617 14 873 490 24.09 Hong Kong 706 309 725 543 2.72 475 185 247 919 2 439 6 940 656 8 176 964 17.81 Taiwan, China 118 234 123 032 4.06 17 623 52 717 52 692 1 437 824 1 444 342 0.45

Japan 22 026 32 861 49.19 26 850 3 792 2 219 220 190 299 406 35.98

Republic of Korea 18 951 28 642 51.14 19 763 3 944 4 935 162 709 225 417 38.54

Others 382 582 52.36 209 329 44 3 934 4 803 22.09

South Asia 4 349 7 162 64.68 4 947 1 744 471 41 714 64 028 53.49

Southeast Asia 96 161 174 246 81.20 77 524 50 481 46 241 693 374 1 179 431 70.10

Americas 22 616 33 131 46.49 22 493 7 994 2 644 219 610 306 324 39.49

Europe 19 080 24 560 28.72 18 874 3 805 1 881 191 002 257 335 34.73

Oceania 9 857 17 180 74.29 10 911 3 599 2670 84 222 134 118 59.24

Others 2 377 3 641 53.18 1 368 2 061 212 17 270 37 712 118.37

aIncluding 7 890 visitor arrivals through the Border Checkpoint at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa bIncluding 1 977 visitor arrivals through the Checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park

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

Visitor arrivals by place of residence December 2007

Hong Kong

27.7% Others 10.3%

Southeast Asia 6.7%

Mainland China 55.3%

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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 ^c

Airport Heliport of Outer Habour

TOTAL 848 518 45 754 1 477 978 90 869 145 733 104

East Asia 718 576 40 594 1 410 835 88 337 91 621 97

Mainland China 203 882 20 554 1 130 926 60 090 29 361 28

Hong Kong 462 755 7 682 235 632 11 754 2 371 68

Taiwan, China 10 388 7 150 36 580 16 125 52 691 1

Japan 24 927 1 884 3 597 195 2 219 -

Republic of Korea 16 432 3 307 3 774 170 4 935 -

Others 192 17 326 3 44 -

South Asia 4 750 171 1 733 11 471 -

Southeast Asia 73 804 3 298 48 867 1611 46 237 4

Americas 21 518 763 7 521 467 2 644 -

Europe 18 150 525 3 635 170 1 878 3

Oceania 10 550 209 3 342 257 2670 -

Others 1 170 194 2 045 16 212 -

c 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. – Nov.

2007 Place of

residence

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

TOTAL 1 324 030 22.82 343 093^a 18.13 914 102^b 26.98 66 835 -1.31 14 058 164 24.24 East Asia 1 219 189 20.80 285 846 13.52 886 817 26.36 46 526 -16.36 13 188 512 22.61 Mainland China 730 524 38.53 53 011 65.36 671 485 37.21 6 028 2.22 7 432 783 32.38 Hong Kong 367 354 1.73 200 181 3.04 166 087 0.30 1 086 -11.42 4 314 669 17.62 Taiwan, China 94 437 -5.90 11 464 -3.03 45 924 2.98 37 049 -15.69 1 203 525 -5.09

Japan 13 732 28.54 11 433 27.61 1 935 27.30 364 78.43 134 013 12.94

Republic of Korea 12 955 34.64 9 722 111.16 1 242 87.05 1 991 -54.27 101 987 19.61

Others 187 16.88 35 -46.97 144 53.19 8 - 1 535 36.20

South Asia 2 305 63.13 1 541 69.71 684 51.66 80 48.15 20 537 41.63

Southeast Asia 66 236 60.64 29 813 65.21 18 477 48.82 17 946 66.63 486 752 70.63

Americas 15 203 37.82 10 548 32.90 4 026 60.98 629 6.07 151 503 35.99

Europe 11 608 24.38 9 672 23.65 1 332 29.32 604 25.57 127 321 30.77

Oceania 7 462 59.82 5 086 42.95 1 383 46.82 993 487.57 62 983 46.76

Others 2 027 81.79 587 52.86 1 383 97.01 57 96.55 20 556 157.69

a Including 3 331 visitor arrivals through the Border Checkpoint at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa bIncluding 1 452 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