VISITOR MOVEMENT
The number of visitor arrivals in Macau, by different modes of transport, was 637,098 in October 1999 which showed an increase of 15.5% when compared with the same month of 1998.
In the first ten months of 1999, there was a total number of 6,147,849 visitor arrivals by sea (through Outer Harbour and Pier No. 14), by land, and by air, represented an increase of 6.2% over the same period of 1998.
From January to October of 1999, visitor arrivals by sea through Outer Harbour were 3,576,440, corresponded to a decrease of 7.1% over the same period of 1998. Visitor arrivals by air totalled at 555,901, represented an increase of 31.0%. The number of visitor arrivals through Macau International Airport increased by 30.8% over the same period of last year, at 530,375.
There were 1,903,916 visitor arrivals by land in the first ten months of 1999, equivalent to an increase of 34.6%
compared with the same period of last year.
VISITOR ARRIVALS BY DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT - BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
BY SEA
BY AIR
BY LAND
OCT.
1999
OCT.
1998
VARIATION (%)
JAN.-OCT.
1999
JAN.-OCT.
1998
VARIATION (%)
TOTAL 371,945 58,698 206,455 637,098 551,516 15.52 6,147,849 5,787,212 6.23
EAST ASIA 341,991 55,899 199,695 597,585 511,925 16.73 5,822,975 5,461,7862 6.61
S. KOREA 2,062 113 309 2,484 1,999 24.26 26,659 18,6892 42.65
TAIWAN 4,067 46,918 33,818 84,803 71,141 19.20 814,367 675,906 20.49
HONG KONG, CHINA 265,596 3,122 76,656 345,374 348,660 -0.94 3,537,403 4,027,520 -12.17
JAPAN 9,388 321 1,803 11,512 9,019 27.64 118,479 131,233 -9.72
P.R.CHINA 60,856 5,394 86,996 153,246 80,970 89.26 1,324,537 607,046* 118.19
OTHERS 22 31 113 166 136 22.06 1,530 1,392 9.91
SOUTHEAST ASIA 6,215 1,383 2,453 10,051 9,022 11.41 92,590 87,366 5.98
PHILIPPINES 1,930 483 948 3,361 3,022 11.22 29,669 25,709 15.40
INDONESIA 724 57 147 928 655 41.68 7,167 4,616 55.26
MALAYSIA 867 172 507 1,546 1,447 6.84 15,707 16,336 -3.85
SINGAPORE 891 186 303 1,380 1,439 -4.10 14,161 16,360 -13.44
THAILAND 1,439 446 353 2,238 2,087 7.24 21,223 21,199 0.11
OTHERS 364 39 195 598 372 60.75 4,663 3,146 48.22
AMERICAS 7,066 618 1,853 9,537 9,089 4.93 78,6152 79,4412 -1.04
EUROPE 12,531 596 1,539 14,666 14,611 0.38 110,361 112,9162 -2.26
OCEANIA 2,481 105 581 3,167 2,736 15.75 27,951 26,135 6.95
OTHERS 1,661 97 334 2,092 4,133 -49.38 15,3572 19,5682 -21.52
Note: 1) Since January 1999, DSEC publishes information of Tourism Indicators by place of residence of visitors 2) Revised figure
* This figure does not include chinese visitors with double entry visa from January to July 1998
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