Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
May 2007
No. 5
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 June 2007
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VISITOR ARRIVALS The number of visitor arrivals totalled 2,121,988 in May 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 24.3%.
Visitors from Mainland China; Hong Kong; and Taiwan, China registered growth of 21.5%, 27.9% and 5.0%
respectively. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 53.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,136,450.
Among the Mainland visitors, 50.5% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 602,127.
In the first five months of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 10,718,620, up by 21.5% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.5% of the total, at 5,627,355.
Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 13.9% to 3,586,238 over the first five months of 2006. Meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 26.1% to 6,538,400 whereas arrivals by air rose by 20.9% to 593,982.
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
May May 2007 Jan.-May
Place of
residence 2006 2007 Δ% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 Δ%
TOTAL 1 707 155 2 121 988 24.30 666 236 1 332 162a 123 590 8 825 487 10 718 620 21.45 East Asia 1 609 233 1 971 302 22.50 595 774 1 286 757 88 771 8 375 498 10 024 619 19.69 Mainland China 980 710 1 191 523 21.50 177 943 985 614 27 966 4 948 539 5 910 629 19.44 Hong Kong 486 552 622 484 27.94 375 753 244 626 2 105 2 705 667 3 333 736 23.21 Taiwan, China 112 296 117 888 4.98 13 122 51 517 53 249 567 863 584 518 2.93 Japan 18 618 23 080 23.97 19 041 2 608 1 431 81 451 107 232 31.65 Republic of Korea 10 705 15 983 49.30 9 835 2 160 3 988 70 144 86 615 19.69
Others 352 344 -2.27 80 232 32 1 834 1 889 3.0
South Asia 4 265 5 792 35.80 3 964 1 485 343 15 263 21 291 39.49
Southeast Asia 56 720 92 084 62.35 30 336 31 847 29 901 244 259 411 159 68.33 Americas 16 407 22 084 34.60 14 964 5 090 2 030 81 676 109 510 34.08
Europe 13 930 18 830 35.18 13 849 3 203 1 778 70 990 93 845 32.19
Oceania 5 481 8 763 59.88 6 385 1 866 512 32 805 45 514 38.74
Others 1 119 3 133 179.98 964 1 914 255 4 996 12 682 153.84
a Including 507 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
Mainland China 56.2%
Taiwan, China 5.6%
Others 8.9%
Hong Kong 29.3%
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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 625 348 40 888 1 300 239 31 416 122 569 1 021
East Asia 558 172 37 602 1 255 696 30 565 87 957 814
Mainland China 154 205 23 738 964 981 20 277 27 647 319
Hong Kong 373 421 2 332 243 263 1 244 1 674 431
Taiwan, China 4 683 8 439 42 556 8 940 53 246 3
Japan 18 100 941 2 543 65 1 398 33
Republic of Korea 7 691 2 144 2 121 39 3 961 27
Others 72 8 232 - 31 1
South Asia 3 745 219 1 482 3 341 2
Southeast Asia 28 585 1 751 31 257 585 29 836 65
Americas 14 449 515 4 928 161 1 978 52
Europe 13 361 488 3 143 56 1 700 78
Oceania 6 245 140 1 833 32 505 7
Others 791 173 1 900 14 252 3
b The checkpoint of CoTai has resumed full service since 30 April 2007 - Absolute value equals zero
TABLE 3: ARRIVAL OF SAME-DAY VISITORS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Mode of transport Jan. – May
2007 Place of
residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 1 136 450 27.73 280 286 20.54 781 976c 30.92 74 188 23.83 5 627 355 22.24 East Asia 1 065 299 26.14 244 808 18.62 762 725 30.14 57 766 10.94 5 305 982 20.69 Mainland China 602 479 29.63 42 423 18.87 551 543 29.76 8 513 111.56 2 917 814 23.92 Hong Kong 341 256 30.11 178 766 19.85 161 475 43.70 1 015 35.33 1 789 386 23.07 Taiwan, China 103 038 2.22 10 253 4.12 47 269 1.81 45 516 2.23 503 878 -0.22
Japan 10 945 0.67 9 245 1.67 1 477 -5.02 223 -0.45 53 252 19.53
Republic of Korea 7 491 30.35 4 109 58.28 884 47.09 2 498 -2.04 41 034 8.27
Others 90 7.14 12 50.00 77 2.67 1 - 618 27.95
South Asia 2 218 31.71 1 552 22.01 601 86.65 65 -27.78 7 356 31.40
Southeast Asia 40 908 71.72 13 553 32.86 12 706 82.09 14 649 120.52 179 459 76.84 Americas 11 741 33.89 8 397 41.75 2 580 15.49 764 25.04 56 600 31.66
Europe 10 118 37.01 8 067 30.60 1 330 61.21 721 88.25 48 914 31.61
Oceania 4 335 47.70 3 494 51.45 704 30.37 137 55.68 22 128 25.90
Others 1 831 216.23 415 65.34 1 330 338.94 86 244.00 6 916 187.09
c Including 358 visitor arrivals through the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
- Absolute value equals zero
