TOURISM INDICATORS

Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

FEBRUARY 2007

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

The number of visitor arrivals totalled 2,169,489 in February 2007, representing a notable year-on-year increase of 22.3%. As the Chinese New Year fell in February this year, visitors from Mainland China and Hong Kong registered remarkable growth of 23.1% and 24.1%

respectively, whereas those from Taiwan, China dropped slightly by 1.8%. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.9% of the total arrivals, at 1,147,826.

Among the Mainland visitors, 61.9% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 766,863.

In the first two months of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 4,208,257, up significantly by 22.5% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.4%

of the total, at 2,203,079.

Visitor arrivals by sea increased 14.0% to 1,440,423 in the first two months of 2007; meanwhile, arrivals by land went up 28.2% to 2,553,415 and arrivals by air rose 19.1% to 214,419.

TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

February February 2007 Jan.-Feb

Place of

residence 2006 2007 Δ% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 Δ%

TOTAL 1 773 926 2 169 489 22.30 785 144 1 277 659^a 106 686 3 435 319 4 208 257 22.50 East Asia 1 698 382 2 063 445 21.49 731 550 1 246 823 85 072 3 283 892 3 978 355 21.15 Mainland China 1 006 275 1 238 234 23.05 236 303 972 474 29 457 1 934 002 2 394 004 23.78 Hong Kong 546 770 678 807 24.15 449 353 226 625 2 829 1 075 745 1 283 110 19.28 Taiwan, China 111 968 109 970 -1.78 19 573 42 825 47 572 205 222 214 721 4.63

Japan 14 856 19 258 29.63 16 342 2 045 871 31 552 43 332 37.34

Republic of Korea 18 200 16 886 -7.22 9 886 2 714 4 286 36 651 42 513 15.99

Others 313 290 -7.35 93 140 57 720 675 -6.25

South Asia 2 118 3 575 68.79 2 137 1 119 319 4 662 7 371 58.11

Southeast Asia 41 173 57 506 39.67 21 144 19 906 16 456 76 769 126 859 65.25

Americas 13 750 18 778 36.57 12 025 4 642 2 111 29 642 40 054 35.13

Europe 12 183 17 166 40.90 12 785 2 343 2 038 25 329 33 903 33.85

Oceania 5 554 7 005 26.13 4 786 1 697 522 13 354 17 648 32.16

Others 766 2 014 162.92 717 1 129 168 1 671 4 067 143.39

Δ% Year-on-year percentage change

a Including 237 visitor arrivals tthrough the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park

Mainland China 57.1%

Taiwan, China 5.1%

Others 6.5%

Hong Kong 31.3%

Visitor arrivals by place of residence February 2007

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TABLE 2: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY MODE OF TRANSPORT AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE

By sea By land By air

Place of residence

Outer Harbour Inner Harbour Border Gate Airport Heliport of Outer Harbour

TOTAL 716 057 69 087 1 277 422 105 474 1 212

East Asia 665 311 66 239 1 246 592 84 088 984

Mainland China 190 144 46 159 972 298 29 029 428

Hong Kong 444 411 4 942 226 598 2 331 498

Taiwan, China 7 241 12 332 42 797 47 565 7

Japan 15 482 860 2 045 833 38

Republic of Korea 7 941 1 945 2 714 4 273 13

Others 92 1 140 57 -

South Asia 2 015 122 1 119 310 9

Southeast Asia 19 919 1 225 19 906 16 395 61

Americas 11 326 699 4 641 2 046 65

Europe 12 272 513 2 339 1 966 72

Oceania 4 681 105 1 696 510 12

Others 533 184 1 129 159 9

- Absolute value equals zero

TABLE 3: ARRIVAL OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Mode of transport Jan. – Feb.

2007 Place of

residence

Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%

TOTAL 1 147 826 22.23 329 116 24.35 755 485^a 24.68 63 225 -7.69 2 203 079 22.20 East Asia 1 099 308 21.66 302 486 23.66 743 528 24.55 53 294 -14.09 2 096 273 21.00 Mainland China 642 115 31.12 73 974 49.31 557 726 27.89 10 415 155.58 1 196 424 26.35 Hong Kong 346 155 16.79 199 044 13.49 145 513 21.20 1 598 68.57 673 848 18.85 Taiwan, China 92 237 -7.09 15 918 72.61 38 255 -1.60 38 064 -25.62 181 591 1.04

Japan 10 084 27.08 8 689 33.12 1 158 -5.00 237 25.40 22 966 30.55

Republic of Korea 8 614 -15.48 4 848 23.67 813 29.46 2 953 -47.68 21 220 1.21

Others 103 24.10 13 44.44 63 -7.35 27 350.00 224 17.28

South Asia 1 202 52.93 761 29.20 360 123.60 81 125.00 2 471 40.88

Southeast Asia 24 235 38.18 9 449 34.93 7 123 30.41 7 663 51.02 55 271 75.00

Americas 9 618 33.23 6 414 39.77 2 208 15.60 996 38.33 20 533 29.82

Europe 8 953 38.61 7 158 35.24 879 29.07 916 88.87 17 708 35.06

Oceania 3 478 11.40 2 570 7.22 677 10.62 231 104.42 8 731 18.66

Others 1 032 177.42 278 38.31 710 400.00 44 51.72 2 092 161.50

Δ% Year-on-year percentage change

a Including 170 visitor arrivals through the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park

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