Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
JUNE 2004
No. 6
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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VISITOR ARRIVALS
The total number of visitor arrivals in June 2004 was 1,300,765, a remarkable year-on-year increase of 59.5% brought by the benefit from the Individual Visit Scheme. Visitors came mainly from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Same-day visitors accounted for 50.7% of the total arrivals, at 659,319.
VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
June June 2004 June Jan.-Jun.
2004 ∆%
Place of
residence 2003 2004 ∆% By sea By land By air
Same-day visitors 2003 2004 ∆%
TOTAL 815 779 1 300 765 59.45 489 961 739 315 71 489 659 319 68.65 5 068 660 7 734 886 52.60 East Asia 797 796 1 254 541 57.25 460 138 726 087 68 316 639 572 66.38 4 917 753 7 486 388 52.23 Mainland China 367 847 733 729 99.47 143 569 577 233 12 927 346 745 110.14 2 275 244 4 465 939 96.28 Hong Kong 394 655 400 702 1.53 303 326 95 775 1 601 193 768 0.72 2 178 976 2 385 169 9.46 Taiwan 31 266 107 939 245.23 4 303 50 280 53 356 93 195 270.50 404 798 562 902 39.06
Japan 2 556 7 819 205.91 5 448 2 050 321 4 068 195.64 41 021 46 388 13.08
Republic of Korea 1 314 4 082 210.65 3 458 551 73 1 700 277.78 16 480 24 519 48.78
Others 158 270 70.89 34 198 38 96 134.15 1 234 1 471 19.21
South Asia 1 160 2 566 121.21 1 992 433 141 898 225.36 7 037 13 556 92.64
Southeast Asia 7 105 19 844 179.30 11 590 6 457 1 797 7 762 257.70 55 309 99 902 80.63
Americas 3 744 12 058 222.06 8 017 3 279 762 5 721 224.32 36 031 59 904 66.26
Europe 4 192 8 125 93.82 5 845 1 942 338 3 632 121.87 36 256 51 611 42.35
Oceania 1 466 3 018 105.87 2 108 799 111 1 488 165.71 13 940 20 186 44.81
Others 316 613 93.99 271 318 24 246 84.96 2 334 3 339 43.06
∆% Year-on-year percentage change
In the first half of 2004, visitor arrivals totalled at 7,734,886, up 52.6% over the same period of last year. There were 1,439,236 Chinese visitors who travelled under the Individual Visit Scheme, which accounted for 18.6% of the total arrivals. Same-day visitors, at 3,871,811, made up 50.1% of the total arrivals.
Compared with the same period of last year, in the first half of 2004, visitor arrivals by sea went up 31.2% to 2,961,646, with 2,897,171 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+31.2%). Arrivals by land soared to 4,400,425, up 72.0%, with 4,126,030 arriving through the Border Gate (+67.6%), and 274,395 through the Checkpoint of CoTai. Arrivals by air were 372,815, up 47.4%, among which 364,567 arrived at the Macao International Airport (+47.2%).
Visitor arrivals by place of residence
Hong Kong 30.8%
Others 4.5%
Taiwan 8.3%
Mainland China 56.4%
