In the third quarter of 2002, per-capita spending of visitors was 1,405 Patacas, decreased by 1%
compared with the same period of 2001. Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China topped the list, with 2,440 Patacas. Per-capita spending of tourists was 1,750 Patacas, decreased by 1%; while per-capita spending of same-day visitors was 379 Patacas, increased by 2% over the third quarter of last year.
Per-capita spending of visitors arrived by sea was 1,248 Patacas, dropped by 3% compared with the same period of 2001; while that of visitors by land and by air were 1,358 Patacas and 3,951 Patacas, both increased by 1% over the third quarter of 2001. Per-capita spending of visitors from Mainland China was the highest among those arrived by sea, by land and by air, with 2,085 Patacas, 2,148 Patacas and 6,472 Patacas, respectively.
Table 1 : Per-capita spending of visitors by place of residence
3rd Quarter 3rd Quarter 3rd Quarter 2002
2001 2002 By sea By land By air
Place of residence
MOP
∆%
MOP
Total 1 426 1 405 -1.5 1 248 1 358 3 951
Mainland China 2 651 2 440 -8.0 2 085 2 148 6 472
Hong Kong 971 970 o 1 014 511 ~
Taiwan 894 974 8.9 1 225 486 1 917
Japan 1 206 882 -26.9 882 ~ ~
Southeast Asia 3 110 2 161 -30.5 1 957 1 221 4 210
Europe 1 085 1 297 19.5 1 297 ~ ~
Americas 1 332 1 379 3.5 1 379 ~ ~
Oceania 1 907 761 -60.1 761 ~ ~
Per-capita non-shopping and shopping spending
In the third quarter of 2002, per-capita non-shopping spending of visitors was 833 Patacas, increased by 7% over the same period of 2001. Spending on food and beverage took the largest share, followed by accommodation; they accounted for 40% and 37% of the total non-shopping spending.
On the other hand, per-capita shopping spending of visitors was 571 Patacas, a decrease of 12%
compared with the third quarter of 2001. Spending on “Jewellery and watches” (31% of the total shopping spending) and “Chinese pastry, candy and food” (26%) took the largest shares.
Although gambling spending is not included in the per-capita spending of visitors, 47% of all interviewed visitors reported that they gambled during their stay in Macao.
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Table 2 : Visitor spending by type of expense a
3rd Quarter 3rd Quarter 3rd Quarter 2002
2001 2002 By sea By land By air
Type of expense
MOP
∆ %
MOP
Per-capita spending 1 426 1 405 -1.5 1 248 1358 3 951
Non-shopping spending 776 833 7.3 844 599 1 703
Accommodation 278 309 11.2 309 200 781
Food and beverage 325 333 2.5 332 265 640
Local transport 46 49 6.5 47 47 79
Outbound transport b 86 97 12.8 118 42 40
Entertainment and others 41 46 12.2 38 46 163
Shopping spending 649 571 -12.0 404 759 2 248
Clothing and fabrics 86 99 15.1 67 127 458
Jewellery and watches 254 176 -30.7 82 278 1 134
Chinese pastry, candy and food 180 148 -17.8 155 126 150
Others 130 148 13.8 100 229 505
Column totals may not add up to the amounts as stated due to rounding.
a Excluding gambling spending
b Excluding air ticket
Graph I : Per-capita shopping spending of visitors by place of residence
Per-diem spending
Per-diem spending of visitors was 1,142 Patacas in the third quarter of 2002, a 5% increase over the same period of 2001. Visitors from Mainland China spent the most, with 1,534 Patacas.
Per-diem spending of visitors arrived by sea, by land and by air were 1,040 Patacas (+6%), 1,235 Patacas (+1%) and 1,733 Patacas (+10%) compared with the same period of 2001.
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H.K. T aiwan Japan S.E. Asia Europe Americas Oceania Others 0
500 1,000 1,500 2,000
3nd Quarter/2001 3nd Quarter/2002 MOP
Mainland China
Length of stay
The average length of stay of visitors was 1.2 days, a decrease of 0.1 day compared with the third quarter of 2001. As for tourists, the average was 1.6 days, dropped by 0.1 day over the same period of 2001. The average length of stay of same-day visitors was 0.2 day, identical to that of the third quarter in 2001. In addition, visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia tended to stay one night or longer in Macao.
Table 3 : Average length of stay of visitors Days Length of stay
Type of visitors 3rd Quarter 2001
3rd Quarter 2002
Diff.
Visitor 1.3 1.2 -0.1
Tourist 1.7 1.6 -0.1
Same-day visitor 0.2 0.2 -
Characteristics of visitors
Around 71% of the interviewed visitors came to Macao mainly for “vacation”, other major purposes included “business” (11%), “visiting relatives or friends” (6%) and “gambling” (5%).
Graph II : Main purpose of visit
With regard to the occupation of these visitors, 29% of them were “legislators, senior officials and managers”, 20% were “clerks” and 11% were “technicians and associate professionals”. At the same time, 17% of the visitors were “without occupation”, such as housewives, students, unemployed and retired persons.
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Vacation 71%
Business 11%
6%
Gambling 5%
Others 7%
Visiting relatives / friends 6%
Methodology
Visitor Expenditure Survey is conducted on a daily basis at different departure points to collect information on visitors’ expenditure, excluding gambling expense, during their stay in Macao. To facilitate the data collection process, the questionnaire is available in Chinese, Portuguese, English and Japanese versions.
Method of sampling
As it is impossible to interview all visitors at different departure points, Visitor Expenditure Survey uses the systematic sampling method in selecting visitors, including all tourists and same-day visitors who are non-residents of Macao.
Table 4 : Sampling errors
MOP
Visitor Tourist Same-day visitor
Via 3rd Quarter
2001
3rd Quarter 2002
3rd Quarter 2001
3rd Quarter 2002
3rd Quarter 2001
3rd Quarter 2002
Per-capita spending 52.4 39.8 67.7 51.9 23.9 11.1
By sea 35.5 29.9 41.9 37.0 37.1 12.6
By land 137.5 82.4 232.3 126.1 26.0 22.3
By air 614.0 546.5 662.0 626.6 260.0 64.6
Non-shopping spending 12.3 13.4 14.5 16.6 3.8 3.3
By sea 13.0 13.9 14.7 16.5 4.9 3.9
By land 21.3 22.8 31.1 32.3 4.2 4.6
By air 98.1 132.2 99.8 146.9 10.5 18.4
Shopping spending 48.9 34.9 64.1 46.3 23.4 10.5
By sea 32.2 24.2 38.9 30.8 36.7 11.7
By land 131.2 70.5 224.8 110.6 25.2 21.7
By air 581.4 513.7 630.0 594.6 264.5 59.8
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Concepts
Visitor:
Any person travelling to a place (i.e. Macao) other than that of his/her usual environment for less than 12 consecutive months and whose main purpose of travel is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within Macao.
Classification of visitors:
a) Tourist (overnight visitor): visitor who stays at least one night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visiteda. In addition, we have added in two criteria, they are:
1) visitor who stays more than 24 hours in Macao, or
2) visitor who stays less than 24 hours and does not stay overnight in Macao but with his/her arrangement made in a collective accommodation such as hotel, guest-houses, etc.
b) Same-day visitora: visitor who does not spend the night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visited.
Conventional symbols
~ No figure provided - Absolute value equals zero o Less than half of the unit employed
MOP Macao Pataca
Δ% Rate of change
a World Tourism Organization, “Concepts, Definitions and Classifications for Tourism Statistics”, 1995.
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Available information
Table 1: Characteristics of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 2: Average length of stay of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 3: Per-capita spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
Table 4: Per-capita non-shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 5: Per-capita shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 6: Per-diem spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
Table 7: Per-capita spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence and type of expense Table 8: Per-capita shopping spending of interviewed visitors, by place of residence and type of
expense
Table 9: Other characteristics of interviewed visitors, by place of residence Table 10: Occupation of interviewed visitors, by place of residence
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