TOURISM INDICATORS

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

MAY 2004

No. 5

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 May 2004 was 1,327,412, a remarkable year-on-year increase of 122.5% which was caused by the drop in arrivals last May when Macao was affected by the SARS epidemic in the neighbouring areas, combined with the benefit from the Individual Visit Scheme. In May 2004, visitors to Macao mainly came from Mainland China (including those who travelled under the Individual Visit Scheme), Hong Kong and Taiwan. Same-day visitors, with 673,854, accounted for 50.8% of the total arrivals.

VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

May May 2004 May Jan.-May

2004 ∆%

Place of

residence ₂₀₀₃ ₂₀₀₄ _∆% _{By sea} _{By land} _{By air}

Same-day visitors 2003 2004 ∆%

TOTAL 596 628 1 327 412 122.49 478 207 790 276 58 929 673 854 140.44 4 252 881 6 434 121 51.29 East Asia 582 356 1 284 479 120.57 451 801 777 217 55 461 654 980 138.03 4 119 957 6 231 847 51.26 Mainland China 270 537 812 561 200.35 165 235 634 981 12 345 387 621 238.02 1 907 397 3 732 210 95.67 Hong Kong 291 091 372 091 27.83 274 033 96 333 1 725 185 600 28.33 1 784 321 1 984 467 11.22

Taiwan 17 427 86 782 397.97 3 266 42 605 40 911 75 056 426.60 373 532 454 963 21.80

Japan 2 306 9 028 291.50 6 478 2 164 386 5 011 306.08 38 465 38 569 0.27

Republic of Korea 798 3 729 367.29 2 743 924 62 1 603 372.86 15 166 20 437 34.76

Others 197 288 46.19 46 210 32 89 89.36 1 076 1 201 11.62

South Asia 831 2 144 158.00 1 395 618 131 857 257.08 5 877 10 990 87.00

Southeast Asia 5 225 18 284 249.93 9 757 6 475 2 052 7 186 417.72 48 204 80 058 66.08

Americas 2 816 10 144 260.23 6 566 2 843 735 4 995 273.88 32 287 47 846 48.19

Europe 3 731 8 663 132.19 6 383 1 906 374 4 142 182.73 32 064 43 486 35.62

Oceania 1 402 3 093 120.61 2 069 880 144 1 432 168.16 12 474 17 168 37.63

Others 267 605 126.59 236 337 32 262 114.75 2 018 2 726 35.08

∆% Year-on-year percentage change

In the first five months of 2004, visitor arrivals totalled at 6,434,121, up 51.3% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors, with 3,212,492, made up 49.9% of the total arrivals.

Compared with the same period of last year, in the first five months of 2004, visitor arrivals by sea went up 30.1% to 2,471,685, with 2,416,224 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+

30.1%). Arrivals by land soared to 3,661,110, up 72.6%, with 3,438,610 arriving through the Border Gate (+68.9%), and 222,500 through the Checkpoint of CoTai. Arrivals by air were 301,326, up 30.2%, among which 294,669 arrived at the Macao International Airport (+29.8%).

Visitor arrivals by place of residence

Hong Kong 28.0%

Others 4.3%

Taiwan 6.5%

Mainland China 61.2%