Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
FEBRUARY 2006
No. 2
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
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VISITOR ARRIVALS
Number of visitor arrivals reached 1,773,926 in February 2006, corresponding to a year-on-year increase of 16.5%. As the Chinese New Year holidays continued until the beginning of February, visitors from Mainland China totalled 1,006,275, up 20.9%; visitors from Hong Kong also grew considerably by 10.4%, whereas those form Taiwan, China dropped 8.1%. In addition, same-day visitors accounted for 52.9% of the total arrivals, at 939,089.
In February, 56.2% of the visitor arrivals from Mainland China travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 565,315.
In the first two months of 2006, the cumulative number of visitor arrivals totalled 3,435,319, up 17.5%
over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors, at 1,802,808, made up 52.5% of the total.
Compared with the same period of last year, visitor arrivals by sea went up 20.5% to 1,263,183 in the first two months of 2006, with 1,192,708 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+17.2%). Arrivals by land through the Border Gate soared to 1,992,151, up 16.1%. Arrivals by air were 179,985
(+12.1%), with 178,010 arrived at the Macao International Airport (+12.0%).
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
February February 2006 Jan.-Feb.
Place of
residence 2005 2006 Δ% By sea By land By air 2005 2006 Δ%
TOTAL 1 522 590 1 773 926 16.51 651 543 1 020 194 102 189 2 924 029 3 435 319 17.49
East Asia 1 471 799 1 698 382 15.39 613 558 998 362 86 462 2 808 060 3 283 892 16.95
Mainland China 832 337 1 006 275 20.90 223 358 763 286 19 631 1 657 748 1 934 002 16.66
Hong Kong 495 438 546 770 10.36 357 592 187 161 2 017 872 393 1 075 745 23.31
Taiwan, China 121 826 111 968 -8.09 11 789 42 622 57 557 226 332 205 222 -9.33
Japan 12 207 14 856 21.70 12 504 1 978 374 28 238 31 552 11.74
Republic of Korea 9 682 18 200 87.98 8 258 3 092 6 850 22 670 36 651 61.67
Others 309 313 1.29 57 223 33 679 720 6.04
South Asia 1 629 2 118 30.02 1 445 477 196 3 761 4 662 23.96
Southeast Asia 22 193 41 173 85.52 14 840 13 992 12 341 52 620 76 769 45.89
Americas 11 713 13 750 17.39 8 364 3 847 1 539 25 427 29 642 16.58
Europe 10 080 12 183 20.86 8 977 1 954 1 252 21 631 25 329 17.10
Oceania 4 624 5 554 20.11 3 953 1 267 334 11 222 13 354 19.00
Others 552 766 38.77 406 295 65 1 308 1 671 27.75
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
Visitor arrivals by place of residence February 2006
Others
6.2%
Taiwan, China 6.3%
Hong Kong 30.8%
Mainland China 56.7%
VISITOR ARRIVALS FEBRUARY 2006 DSEC No. 2
TABLE 2: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport
By sea By land By air
Place of residence
Outer Harbour Inner Harbour Checkpoint of Border Gate
Checkpoint of CoTai a
Airport Helicopter
TOTAL 615 970 35 573 1 020 194 - 101 133 1 056
East Asia 579 424 34 134 998 362 - 85 571 891
Mainland China 200 936 22 422 763 286 - 19 285 346
Hong Kong 354 648 2 944 187 161 - 1 512 505
Taiwan, China 5 382 6 407 42 622 - 57 538 19
Japan 11 938 566 1 978 - 364 10
Republic of Korea 6 468 1 790 3 092 - 6 840 10
Others 52 5 223 - 32 1
South Asia 1 400 45 477 - 187 9
Southeast Asia 14217 623 13 992 - 12 293 48
Americas 7998 366 3 847 - 1 509 30
Europe 8680 297 1 954 - 1 191 61
Oceania 3869 84 1 267 - 320 14
Others 382 24 295 - 62 3
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All passages of this Checkpoint are temporarily closed since 17 September 2005 except that of cargo transport Absolute value equals zero
TABLE 3: ARRIVALS OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport Jan. – Feb.
Place of 2006 residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 939 089 17.81 264 679 14.86 605 917 19.98 68 493 11.03 1 802 808 17.68
East Asia 903 592 16.83 244 607 13.78 596 949 19.61 62 036 4.49 1 732 386 17.20
Mainland China 489 712 22.27 49 545 16.95 436 092 22.58 4 075 70.57 946 944 20.19
Hong Kong 296 397 16.16 175 384 9.41 120 065 27.40 948 53.15 566 965 22.40
Taiwan, China 99 273 -5.40 9 222 149.99 38 877 -17.82 51 174 -5.14 179 728 -9.03
Japan 7 935 10.41 6 527 12.61 1 219 0.16 189 8.62 17 592 4.73
Republic of Korea 10 192 84.40 3 920 38.37 628 37.42 5 644 152.30 20 966 66.75
Others 83 12.16 9 50.00 68 4.62 6 100.00 191 28.19
South Asia 786 13.42 589 36.34 161 -30.90 36 28.57 1 754 14.57
Southeast Asia 17 539 92.78 7 003 46.45 5 462 89.32 5 074 254.58 31 583 49.47
Americas 7 219 19.18 4 589 16.89 1 910 15.20 720 52.22 15 816 17.99
Europe 6 459 22.05 5 293 21.48 681 4.13 485 72.60 13 111 15.46
Oceania 3 122 33.30 2 397 32.58 612 36.30 113 32.94 7 358 25.46
Others 372 53.72 201 47.79 142 69.05 29 31.82 800 38.89
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
