Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
TOURISM INDICATORS
April 2007
No. 4
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 May 2007
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VISITOR ARRIVALS
Attributable to the Ching Ming and Easter holiday, the number of visitor arrivals surged to a new official monthly statistics of 2,226,968 in April 2007, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.1%. Visitors from Mainland China; Hong Kong and Taiwan, China registered growth of 15.3%, 22.1% and 4.9% respectively. Meanwhile, same- day visitors accounted for 51.6% of the total arrivals, at 1,150,018.
Among the Mainland visitors, 50.8% travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, at 579,620.
In the first four months of 2007, visitor arrivals totalled 8,596,632, up by 20.8% over the same period of last year. Same-day visitors made up 52.2% of the total, at 4,490,905.
Visitor arrivals by sea increased by 13.2% to 2,920,002 over the first four months of 2006; meanwhile, arrivals by land grew by 25.5% to 5,206,238. Arrivals by air rose by 19.8% to 470,392.
TABLE 1: VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE
April April 2007 Jan.-Apr.
Place of
residence 2006 2007 Δ% By sea By land By air 2006 2007 Δ%
TOTAL 1 870 314 2 226 968 19.07 767 647 1 331 108a 128 213 7 118 332 8 596 632 20.77 East Asia 1 763 367 2 067 135 17.23 695 390 1 280 113 91 632 6 766 265 8 053 317 19.02 Mainland China 990 066 1 141 987 15.34 187 851 927 980 26 156 3 967 829 4 724 312 18.93 Hong Kong 623 193 761 185 22.14 466 625 291 476 3 084 2 219 115 2 719 106 22.18 Taiwan, China 126 528 132 715 4.89 18 475 55 993 58 247 455 567 466 630 2.43
Japan 12 718 16 877 32.70 13 794 2 479 604 62 833 84 152 33.93
Republic of Korea 10 509 13 901 32.28 8 484 1 907 3 510 59 439 70 632 18.83
Others 353 470 33.14 161 278 31 1 482 1 545 4.25
South Asia 3 598 4 607 28.04 2 714 1 518 375 10 998 15 499 40.93
Southeast Asia 58 610 96 240 64.20 30 103 35 084 31 053 187 539 319 075 70.14 Americas 18 535 23 929 29.10 15 344 6 513 2 072 65 269 87 426 33.95
Europe 17 018 22 076 29.72 16 312 3 568 2 196 57 060 75 015 31.47
Oceania 7 912 9 933 25.54 6 855 2 477 601 27 324 36 751 34.50
Others 1 274 3 048 139.25 929 1 835 284 3 877 9 549 146.30
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
a Including 397 visitor arrivals through the checkpoint of the Trans-Border Industrial Park
Mainland China 51.3%
Taiwan, China 6.0%
Others 8.5%
Hong Kong 34.2%
Visitor arrivals by place of residence April 2007
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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 725 090 42 557 1 330 387 324 127 259 954
East Asia 656 683 38 707 1 279 399 322 90 893 739
Mainland China 168 789 19 062 927 413 30 25 899 257
Hong Kong 462 769 3 856 291 361 4 2 644 440
Taiwan, China 5 657 12 818 55 961 13 58 236 11
Japan 12 725 1 069 2 479 - 589 15
Republic of Korea 6 587 1 897 1 907 - 3 494 16
Others 156 5 278 - 31 -
South Asia 2 531 183 1 518 - 373 2
Southeast Asia 28 115 1 988 35 081 1 31 001 52
Americas 14 709 635 6 509 1 2 014 58
Europe 15 588 724 3 568 - 2 120 76
Oceania 6 712 143 2 477 - 580 21
Others 752 177 1 835 - 278 6
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. – Apr.
2007 Place of
residence
Total Δ% By sea Δ% By land Δ% By air Δ% Total Δ%
TOTAL 1 150 018 19.78 303 943 14.62 767 090a 22.09 78 985 18.47 4 490 905 20.92 East Asia 1 077 160 18.10 269 015 12.96 745 834 21.14 62 311 7.07 4 240 683 19.39 Mainland China 536 367 18.60 32 835 3.73 495 468 18.63 8 064 175.69 2 315 335 22.51 Hong Kong 411 103 22.64 212 299 12.01 197 024 36.23 1 780 67.77 1 448 130 21.52 Taiwan, China 116 278 2.59 15 248 47.45 51 230 -0.49 49 800 -3.33 400 850 -0.83
Japan 7 263 19.14 5 690 25.86 1 368 -1.58 205 10.81 42 307 25.62
Republic of Korea 5 986 18.77 2 900 39.09 626 37.28 2 460 -1.56 33 543 4.33
Others 163 53.77 43 48.28 118 81.54 2 -83.33 528 32.33
South Asia 1 486 23.83 916 8.53 480 73.29 90 13.92 5 138 31.27
Southeast Asia 41 550 73.28 12 711 36.50 14 344 84.16 14 495 110.74 138 551 78.41
Americas 12 301 28.87 8 422 35.71 3 090 23.16 789 -4.94 44 859 31.08
Europe 11 151 27.45 8 954 23.93 1 222 19.34 975 95.00 38 796 30.27
Oceania 4 742 17.78 3 569 13.05 950 30.67 223 57.04 17 793 21.53
Others 1 628 175.00 356 36.92 1 170 309.09 102 121.74 5 085 177.87
Δ% Year-on-year percentage change
a Including 269 visitor arrivals through the checkpiont of the Trans-Border Industrial Park
