Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
September 2007
No. 9
Official Statistics. Reproduction of these data is allowed provided the source is quoted.
Statistics and Census Service
17th floor, “Dynasty Plaza” Bldg., 411-417 Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpção, Macao Tel: 3995311 Fax: 28307825 Printed in October 2007
E-mail: info@dsec.gov.mo Homepage: http://www.dsec.gov.mo
VISITOR ARRIVALS The number of visitor arrivals reached 2,265,930 in September 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 29.6%. Visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, China registered growth of 33.2%, 22.9% and 3.6% respectively. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 51.2% of the total arrivals, at 1,160,207.
Among the Mainland visitors, 40.3% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 492,057.
In the first nine months of 2007, visitor arrivals reached 19,496,013, up by 22.6% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.2% of the total, at 10,172,701.
Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 16.1% to 6,500,440 over the first nine months of 2006. Meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 27.0% to 11,936,885 and arrivals by air rose by 17.7% to 1,058,688.
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Sep. Sep. 2007 Jan.- Sep.
Place of
residence 2006 2007 Δ% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 Δ%
TOTAL 1 748 823 2 265 930 29.57 745 774 1 403 187a 116 969 15 895 794 19 496 013 22.65 East Asia 1 647 984 2 106 706 27.84 666 189 1 355 800 84 717 15 058 837 18 201 800 20.87 Mainland China 917 383 1 222 125 33.22 149 035 1 048 993 24 097 8 712 131 10 654 183 22.29 Hong Kong 578 931 711 293 22.86 463 630 245 840 1 823 4 996 776 6 100 331 22.09 Taiwan, China 121 916 126 296 3.59 16 741 55 769 53 786 1 073 263 1 076 745 0.32
Japan 20 151 29 501 46.40 24 990 2 853 1 658 154 793 207 746 34.21
Republic of Korea 9 321 17 141 83.90 11 691 2 121 3 329 118 958 159 475 34.06
Others 282 350 24.11 102 224 24 2 916 3 320 13.85
South Asia 3 699 5 157 39.42 3 303 1 486 368 30 023 43 504 44.90
Southeast Asia 55 576 91 454 64.56 33 010 32 269 26 175 456 990 760 076 66.32
Americas 16 780 23 734 41.44 16 542 5 301 1 891 150 620 203 099 34.84
Europe 15 706 21 734 38.38 16 767 3 334 1 633 130 096 174 462 34.10
Oceania 7 253 13 500 86.13 8 821 2 630 2049 58 515 87 255 49.12
Others 1 825 3 645 99.73 1 142 2 367 136 10 713 25 817 140.99
a Including 1217 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
Source : Public Security Police
Mainland China 53.9%
Visitor arrivals by place of residence September 2007
Hong Kong 31.4%
Others 9.1%
Taiwan, China 5.6%
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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 Border Gate Checkpoint of CoTai b
Airport Heliport of Outer Habour
TOTAL 712 073 33 701 1 336 413 65 557 116 907 62
East Asia 635 459 30 730 1 290 544 64 053 84 659 58
Mainland China 134 756 14 279 1 006 155 42 044 24 094 3
Hong Kong 458 138 5 492 240 061 5 394 1 768 55
Taiwan, China 8 972 7 769 39 256 16 491 53 786 -
Japan 23 574 1 416 2 748 103 1 658 -
Republic of Korea 9 926 1 765 2 102 19 3 329 -
Others 93 9 222 2 24 -
South Asia 3 151 152 1 459 27 365 3
Southeast Asia 31 603 1 407 31 312 951 26 174 1
Americas 15 959 583 5 053 244 1 891 -
Europe 16 284 483 3 216 114 1 633 -
Oceania 8 698 123 2 491 139 2049 -
Others 919 223 2 338 29 136 -
b The checkpoint of CoTai has resumed full service since 30 April 2007 - Absolute value equals zero
TABLE 3: SAME-DAY VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport
Jan. –Sep.2007 Place of
residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 1 160 207 29.08 281 899 18.90 815 901c 35.40 62 407 5.56 10 172 701 23.91 East Asia 1 090 885 27.54 245 025 15.40 797 123 34.88 48 737 -6.24 9 589 451 22.41 Mainland China 616 205 44.57 27 767 24.84 581 788 45.07 6 650 126.34 5 286 625 29.14 Hong Kong 355 210 16.36 190 564 14.29 163 802 18.81 844 24.30 3 215 374 21.83 Taiwan, China 99 855 -7.45 10 948 -0.15 49 186 -1.42 39 721 -15.55 913 929 -3.90
Japan 12 442 9.16 10 642 9.81 1 537 -0.77 263 66.46 98 351 14.93
Republic of Korea 7 072 58.81 5 080 88.85 733 24.03 1 259 7.42 74 129 16.35
Others 101 50.75 24 118.18 77 42.59 - -100.00 1 043 29.57
South Asia 1 439 23.94 863 2.62 531 89.64 45 12.50 14 277 33.64
Southeast Asia 37 274 71.38 13 713 67.35 11 724 58.69 11 837 91.94 321 950 73.76
Americas 11 301 40.58 8 237 45.45 2 567 34.54 497 6.20 101 941 32.26
Europe 10 516 31.60 8 799 29.06 1 214 44.70 503 50.60 88 476 31.87
Oceania 6 628 81.24 4 790 61.39 1 087 84.55 751 651.00 41 928 37.20
Others 2 164 143.15 472 65.61 1 655 186.33 37 37.04 14 678 188.94
c Including 799 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
- Absolute value equals zero Source : Public Security Police
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