VISITOR ARRIVALS
In February 2002, the number of visitor arrivals in Macao was 934,877, equivalent to an increase of 31.6% over February 2001. The increase became evident since the 2002 Chinese New Year holidays fall in February as against January in 2001. Visitors came mainly from Hong Kong (51.6%), Mainland China (32.0%), Taiwan (11.3%), Southeast Asia (1.3%) and Japan (1.1%). Same-day visitors reached 378,590 (40.5% of the total arrivals), an increase of 19.6%.
From January to February 2002, the cumulative number of visitor arrivals reached 1,712,982, up 7.3% over the same period of 2001. Furthermore, same-day visitors reached 706,906 (+4.1%), which shared 41.3% of the total visitor arrivals.
Compared with the first two months of 2001, the cumulative number of arrivals by sea went up 4.3%, with 898,246.
Among these visitors, 877,105 arrived at the Outer Harbour, a growth of 4.7%. Arrivals by land totalled at 688,212, an increase of 11.9%; 652,047 arrived through the Border Gate and 36,165 visitors arrived through the Checkpoint of CoTai. Arrivals by air were 126,524 (+5.3%); with 124,458 arrivals (+6.1%) at the Macao International Airport.
VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
February February 2002 Feb. Jan.-Feb.
2002 ∆%
Place of
residence 2001 2002 ∆% By sea By land By air
Same-day visitors 2001 2002 ∆%
TOTAL 710 485 934 877 31.58 495 815 372 859 66 203 378 590 19.57 1 596 147 1 712 982 7.32 East Asia 681 125 902 392 32.49 474 254 364 424 63 714 363 054 19.82 1 531 935 1 648 893 7.63
Republic of Korea 3 715 4 913 32.25 4 318 479 116 2 568 69.62 8 078 10 988 36.02
Mainland China 191 266 299 526 56.60 110 227 180 987 8 312 28 626 103.56 421 577 569 983 35.20 Hong Kong 372 196 481 911 29.48 348 349 131 888 1 674 231 773 21.06 877 371 843 168 -3.90
Taiwan 100 867 105 777 4.87 3 339 49 062 53 376 93 342 6.80 199 272 203 169 1.96
Japan 12 958 10 075 -22.25 7 985 1 879 211 6 667 -21.79 25 384 21 191 -16.52
Others 123 190 54.47 36 129 25 78 44.44 253 394 55.73
South Asia 1 297 1 650 27.22 1 337 265 48 612 14.82 2 694 2 762 2.52
Southeast Asia 9 489 12 241 29.00 7 229 3 535 1 477 5 451 78.60 21 376 21 719 1.60
Philippines 3 365 4 610 37.00 2 535 1 550 525 1 305 47.96 7 210 7 920 9.85
Indonesia 850 995 17.06 804 169 22 394 37.76 2 688 2 088 -22.32
Malaysia 1 572 3 089 96.50 1 609 906 574 2 285 215.17 3 769 4 736 25.66
Singapore 1 448 1 707 17.89 1 328 342 37 900 27.12 3 235 3 234 -0.03
Thailand 1 631 1 447 -11.28 831 318 298 457 21.87 3 322 2 940 -11.50
Others 623 393 -36.92 122 250 21 110 44.74 1 152 801 -30.47
Americas 7 563 7 548 -0.20 4 737 2 239 572 3 925 -7.43 16 248 16 610 2.23
Europe 8 037 8 261 2.79 6 376 1 569 316 4 219 -1.70 16 994 16 244 -4.41
Oceania 2 680 2 449 -8.62 1 680 706 63 1 189 -13.27 6 244 5 993 -4.02
Others 294 336 14.29 202 121 13 140 -1.41 656 761 16.01
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