In the fourth quarter of 2001, per-capita spending of visitors was 1,343 Patacas, increased by 2%
compared with the same period of 2000. Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China topped the list, with 2,588 Patacas. Per-capita spending of tourists and same-day visitors were 1,757 and 423 Patacas, respectively, went up 6% and 3% over the same period of 2000.
Per-capita spending of visitors arrived by sea and by air were 1,267 Patacas (+3%) and 2,959 Patacas (+24%) and visitors arrived by land were 1,269 Patacas (-2%) over the fourth quarter in 2000. Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China was the highest among those arrived by sea, by land and by air, with 2,499 Patacas, 2,371 Patacas and 3,887 Patacas, respectively.
Table 1 : Per-capita spending of visitors by place of residence
4th Quarter 4th Quarter 4th Quarter 2001
2000 2001 By sea By land By air
Place of residence
MOP
∆%
MOP
Total 1 311 1 343 2.4 1 267 1 269 2 959
Mainland China 2 420 2 588 6.9 2 499 2 371 3 887
Hong Kong 929 906 -2.5 953 440 1 361
Taiwan 928 991 6.8 1 371 478 2 096
Japan 865 1 350 56.1 1 365 701 ~
Southeast Asia 2 367 1 833 -22.6 1 803 ~ 2 116
Europe 1 020 1 033 1.3 1 049 652 ~
Americas 1 131 1 121 -0.9 1 121 ~ ~
Oceania 769 1 098 42.8 1 098 ~ ~
Per-capita non-shopping and shopping spending
In the fourth quarter of 2001, per-capita non-shopping spending of visitors was 787 Patacas, increased by 1% over the same quarter of 2000. Spending on food and beverage took the largest share, followed by accommodation, they accounted for 39% and 35% of the total non-shopping spending.
On the other hand, per-capita shopping spending of visitors was 557 Patacas, a growth of 5% compared with the fourth quarter of 2000. Spending on jewellery and watches took the largest share, which accounted for 31% of the total shopping spending.
Although gambling expense is not included in the per-capita spending of visitors, 49% of all interviewed visitors reported that they gambled during their stay in Macao.
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Table 2 : Visitor spending by type of expensea
4th Quarter 4th Quarter 4th Quarter 2001
2000 2001 By sea By land By air
Type of expense
MOP
∆ %
MOP
Per-capita spending 1 311 1 343 2.4 1 267 1 269 2 959
Non-shopping spending 779 787 1.0 795 529 1 690
Accommodation 269 278 3.0 274 170 800
Food and beverage 313 309 -1.3 307 229 667
Local transport 46 46 - 44 45 85
Outbound transportb 90 104 15.6 121 49 32
Entertainment and others 60 50 -16.7 49 37 107
Shopping spending 533 557 4.5 472 740 1 269
Clothing and fabrics 91 106 16.5 84 135 361
Jewellery and watches 182 173 -4.9 142 281 274
Chinese pastry, candy and food 137 133 -2.9 128 142 185
Others 123 145 17.9 119 182 449
Column totals may not add up to the amounts as stated due to rounding.
a Excluding gambling expense
b Excluding air ticket
Graph I : Per-capita spending of visitors by place of residence
Per-diem spending
Per-diem spending of visitors was 1,148 Patacas in the fourth quarter of 2001, a 13% increase over the same period of 2000. Visitors from Mainland China spent the most, with 1,471 Patacas.
Per-diem spending of visitors arrived by sea, by land and by air were 1,122 Patacas, 1,269 Patacas and 1,080 Patacas, increases of 9%, 20% and 22% respectively compared with the same quarter of 2000.
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H.K. Taiwan Japan S.E. Asia Europe Americas Oceania Others 0
200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200 1,400 1,600
4th Quarter/2000 4th Quarter/2001 MOP
Mainland China
Length of stay
The average length of stay of visitors was 1.2 days, a decrease of 0.1 day compared with the fourth quarter of 2000. As for tourists, the average was 1.6 days, dropped by 0.1 day over the same quarter of 2000. The average length of stay of same-day visitors was 0.2 day, identical to the result of 2000. In addition, visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Americas tended to stay one night or longer in Macao.
Table 3 : Average length of stay of visitors
Days Length of stay
Type of visitors 4th Quarter 2000
4th Quarter 2001
Diff.
Visitor 1.3 1.2 -0.1
Tourist 1.7 1.6 -0.1
Same-day visitor 0.2 0.2 -
Characteristics of visitors
Around 61% of the interviewed visitors came to Macao mainly for “vacation”, other major purposes included “business” (14%), “visiting relatives or friends” (9%) and “gambling” (8%).
Graph II : Main purpose of visit
Regarding the occupation of these visitors, 26% of them were “legislators, senior officials and managers”, 20% were “clerks” and 11% were “technicians and associate professionals”. At the same time, 16% of the visitors were “without occupation”, such as housewives, students, unemployed and retired persons.
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Vacation 61%
Business 14%
9%
Gambling 8%
Others 8%
Visiting relatives / friends 9%
Methodology
Visitor Expenditure Survey is conducted on a daily basis at different departure points to collect information on visitors’ expenditure, excluding gambling expense, during their stay in Macao. To facilitate the data collection process, the questionnaire is available in Chinese, Portuguese, English and Japanese language versions.
Method of sampling
As it is impossible to interview all visitors at different departure points, Visitor Expenditure Survey uses the systematic sampling method in selecting visitors, including all tourists and same-day visitors who are non- residents of Macao.
Table 4 : Sampling errors
MOP
Visitor
Tourist Same-day visitorVia 4th Quarter
2000
4th Quarter 2001
4th Quarter 2000
4th Quarter 2001
4th Quarter 2000
4th Quarter 2001
Per-capita spending 24.5 31.1 31.9 42.4 12.0 20.6
By sea 26.8 32.2 34.0 42.4 15.4 27.5
By land 57.6 88.1 89.7 151.5 19.1 20.3
By air 128.6 189.9 134.4 199.4 56.7 10.4
Non-shopping spending 11.4 11.2 14.2 14.3 3.8 3.8
By sea 12.0 11.7 14.5 14.6 4.4 4.5
By land 22.7 19.4 33.9 28.7 5.5 5.1
By air 82.8 103.5 85.8 108.7 12.4 10.2
Shopping spending 20.1 27.1 27.2 37.9 11.2 20.2
By sea 22.8 28.2 29.9 37.8 14.3 27.0
By land 46.7 80.6 77.1 143.3 18.8 20.0
By air 83.8 140.5 90.5 152.4 59.4 6.1
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Concepts
Visitor:
Any person travelling to a place (i.e. Macao) other than that of his/her usual environment for less than 12 consecutive months and whose main purpose of travel is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within Macao.
Classification of visitors:
a) Tourist (overnight visitor): visitor who stays at least one night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visiteda. In addition, we have added in two criteria, they are:
1) visitor who stays more than 24 hours in Macao, or
2) visitor who stays less than 24 hours and does not stay overnight in Macao but with his/her arrangement made in a collective accommodation such as hotel, guest-houses, etc.
b) Same-day visitora: visitor who does not spend the night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visited.
Conventional symbols
~ No figure provided
- Magnitude zero
MOP Macao Pataca
Δ% Rate of change
a World Tourism Organization, Concepts, Definitions and Classifications for Tourism Statistics, 1995
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Available information
Table 1: Characteristics of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 2: Average length of stay of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 3: Per-capita spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
Table 4: Per-capita non-shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 5: Per-capita shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 6: Per-diem spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
Table 7: Per-capita spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence and type of expense
Table 8: Per-capita shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence and type of expense Table 9: Other characteristics of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
Table 10: Occupation of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
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