Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
March 2007
No. 3
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 totalled 2,161,407 in March 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.2%. Visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong registered growth of 13.4% and 28.2% respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped by 3.7%.
Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,137,808.
Among the Mainland visitors, 52.7% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 623,205.
In the first quarter of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 6,369,664, up by 21.4% over the same period of last year.
Same-day visitors made up 52.4% of the total, at 3,340,887.
Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 13.8% to 2,152,355 over the first quarter of 2006; meanwhile, arrivals by land surged by 26.1% to 3,875,130 and arrivals by air rose by 20.0% to 342,179.
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
March March 2007 Jan.-Mar.
Place of
residence 2006 2007 Δ% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 Δ%
TOTAL 1 812 699 2 161 407 19.24 711 932 1 321 715a 127 760 5 248 018 6 369 664 21.37 East Asia 1 719 006 2 007 827 16.80 643 288 1 275 171 89 368 5 002 898 5 986 182 19.65 Mainland China 1 043 761 1 183 115 13.35 178 682 980 354 24 079 2 977 763 3 577 119 20.13 Hong Kong 520 177 666 957 28.22 420 603 244 015 2 339 1 595 922 1 950 067 22.19 Taiwan, China 123 817 119 194 -3.73 14 625 45 704 58 865 329 039 333 915 1.48
Japan 18 563 23 943 28.98 20 581 2 760 602 50 115 67 275 34.24
Republic of Korea 12 279 14 218 15.79 8 710 2 063 3 445 48 930 56 731 15.94
Others 409 400 -2.20 87 275 38 1 129 1 075 -4.78
South Asia 2 738 3 521 28.60 2 049 1 114 358 7 400 10 892 47.19
Southeast Asia 52 160 95 976 84.00 29 336 33 218 33 422 128 929 222 835 72.84
Americas 17 092 23 443 37.16 15 456 5 966 2 021 46 734 63 497 35.87
Europe 14 713 19 036 29.38 14 445 2 764 1 827 40 042 52 939 32.21
Oceania 6 058 9 170 51.37 6 499 2 112 559 19 412 26 818 38.15
Others 932 2 434 161.16 859 1 370 205 2 603 6 501 149.75
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
a Including 364 visitor arrivals tthrough the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park
Mainland China 54.7%
Taiwan, China 5.5%
Others 8.9%
Hong Kong 30.9%
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TABLE 2: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transportBy sea By land By air
Place of residence
Outer Harbour Inner Harbour Border Gate Airport Heliport of Outer Harbour
TOTAL 670 999 40 933 1 321 351 126 555 1 205
East Asia 605 728 37 560 1 274 813 88 381 987
Mainland China 156 185 22 497 980 121 23 750 329
Hong Kong 417 975 2 628 243 924 1 735 604
Taiwan, China 4 951 9 674 45 670 58 856 9
Japan 19 448 1 133 2 760 572 30
Republic of Korea 7 086 1 624 2 063 3 430 15
Others 83 4 275 38 0
South Asia 1 915 134 1 114 356 2
Southeast Asia 27 459 1 877 33 218 33 399 23
Americas 14 890 566 5 962 1 936 85
Europe 13 933 512 2 762 1 740 87
Oceania 6 392 107 2 112 541 18
Others 682 177 1 370 202 3
TABLE 3: ARRIVAL OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport Jan. – Mar.
2007 Place of
residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 1 137 808 19.64 295 742 21.19 764 735a 19.04 77 331 19.65 3 340 887 21.32 East Asia 1 067 250 17.60 261 787 19.08 746 120 18.22 59 343 4.95 3 163 523 19.83 Mainland China 582 544 18.73 35 533 7.81 541 081 18.99 5 930 99.26 1 778 968 23.75 Hong Kong 363 179 25.44 200 502 20.58 161 545 31.90 1 132 47.59 1 037 027 21.08 Taiwan, China 102 971 -7.34 11 619 18.90 41 274 -20.43 50 078 1.21 284 562 -2.16
Japan 12 078 20.90 10 353 24.44 1 525 3.46 200 2.04 35 044 27.05
Republic of Korea 6 337 3.11 3 762 52.74 575 2.68 2 000 -35.96 27 557 1.64
Others 141 38.24 18 -60.00 120 126.42 3 -25.00 365 24.57
South Asia 1 181 23.02 740 16.90 380 31.49 61 60.53 3 652 34.56
Southeast Asia 41 730 88.85 12 716 55.38 12 823 78.74 16 191 140.26 97 001 80.70
Americas 12 025 35.71 8 375 41.73 2 878 28.60 772 8.12 32 558 31.94
Europe 9 937 25.45 8 310 25.26 921 11.50 706 53.15 27 645 31.44
Oceania 4 320 32.64 3 452 32.67 686 25.18 182 70.09 13 051 22.95
Others 1 365 211.64 362 56.71 927 409.34 76 204.00 3 457 179.24
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
a Including 260 visitor arrivals through the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park