VISITOR MOVEMENT
The number of visitor arrivals in Macau, by different modes of transport, was 640,201 in December 1999 which showed an increase of 5.8% when compared with the same month of 1998.
In the year of 1999, there was a total number of 7,443,924 visitor arrivals by sea (through Outer Harbour and Pier No. 14), by land, and by air, represented an increase of 7.1% over 1998.
In the period of analysis, visitor arrivals by sea through Outer Harbour were 4,284,432, corresponded to a decrease of 6.2% over 1998. Visitor arrivals by air totalled at 672,890, represented an increase of 31.4%. The number of visitor arrivals through Macau International Airport increased by 31.0% over 1998, at 640,258.
There were 2,334,706 visitor arrivals by land in 1999, equivalent to an increase of 33.5% compared with 1998.
VISITOR ARRIVALS BY DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT - BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
BY SEA
BY AIR
BY LAND
DEC.
1999
DEC.
1998
VARIATION (%)
JAN.-DEC.
1999
JAN.-DEC.
1998
VARIATION (%)
TOTAL 371,578 55,863 212,760 640,201 605,318 5.76 7,443,924 6,948,535 7.13
EAST ASIA 342,665 52,646 205,147 600,458 561,686 6.90 7,040,474 6,535,475 7.73
S. KOREA 3,040 508 322 3,870 2,244 72.46 33,483 22,894 46.25
MAINLAND CHINA 49,072 3,935 86,645 139,652 112,457 24.18 1,645,193 816,816* 101.42
HONG KONG 275,142 2,921 82,172 360,235 361,211 -0.27 4,229,833 4,721,762 -10.42
TAIWAN 4,367 44,953 34,055 83,375 72,530 14.95 984,820 816,640 20.59
JAPAN 11,038 310 1,835 13,183 13,083 0.76 145,284 155,697 -6.69
OTHERS 6 19 118 143 161 -11.18 1,861 1,666 11.70
SOUTH ASIA 1,023 85 100 1,208 1,038 16.38 13,592 11,113 22.31
SOUTHEAST ASIA 9,159 1,551 3,142 13,852 12,451 11.25 116,312 109,023 6.69
PHILIPPINES 2,200 593 1,096 3,889 3,116 24.81 36,614 31,628 15.76
INDONESIA 881 83 198 1,162 738 57.45 8,905 5,868 51.76
MALAYSIA 1,650 136 684 2,470 2,433 1.52 20,025 20,505 -2.34
SINGAPORE 2,324 340 601 3,265 2,834 15.21 19,596 20,992 -6.65
THAILAND 1,953 353 399 2,705 2,956 -8.49 25,706 26,124 -1.60
OTHERS 151 46 164 361 374 -3.48 5,466 3,906 39.94
AMERICAS 6,610 594 1,832 9,036 8,548 5.71 96,9682 97,8452 -0.90
EUROPE 9,589 831 1,835 12,255 11,883 3.13 137,443 140,3592 -2.08
OCEANIA 2,252 87 603 2,942 2,866 2.65 33,968 31,677 7.23
OTHERS 280 69 101 450 6,846 -93.43 5,1672 23,0432 -77.58
Note: 1) Since January 1999, DSEC publishes information of Tourism Indicators by place of residence of visitors 2) Revised figure
* This figure does not include Chinese visitors with double entry visa from January to July 1998
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