VISITOR ARRIVALS

VISITOR ARRIVALS

In March 2001, the number of visitor arrivals in Macao was 856,935, equivalent to an increase of 18.9% over March 2000. Visitors came mainly from Hong Kong (52.0%), Mainland China (27.0%), Taiwan (14.4%) and Japan (1.5%).

In the first three months of 2001, the cumulative number of visitor arrivals reached 2,453,082, up 12.8% over the same period of 2000.

Compared with the first three months of 2000, the cumulative number of arrivals by sea rose 0.5% , with 1,301,572. Among these visitors, 1,261,949 arrived at the Outer Harbour, which represented a 4.1% growth. Arrivals by land totalled at 957,912, an increase of 37.2%, 936,372 arrived through the Border Gate and 21,540 visitors arrived through the Checkpoint of CoTai. Arrivals by air went up 6.5%, with 193,598; meanwhile, arrivals at the Macao International Airport increased by 8.0%, with 189,117.

VISITOR ARRIVALS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE

Place of

March 2001 Mar Mar. Jan.-Mar. Jan.-Mar.

residence

^{By sea By land By air 2000 2001 % 2000 2001 %}

TOTAL ^{440 596 342 904 73 435 720 511 856 935 18.93 2 175 767 2 453 082 12.75}

East Asia

413 194 334 146 70 534 687 086 817 874 19.04 2 078 284 2 349 809 13.06

Republic of Korea

3 193 369 60 3 006 3 622 20.49 10 611 11 700 10.26

Mainland China

61 620 164 086 5 744 204 483 231 450 13.19 578 449 653 027 12.89

Hong Kong

334 128 109 798 1 750 375 464 445 676 18.70 1 196 594 1 323 047 10.57

Taiwan

3 336 57 760 62 642 91 370 123 738 35.43 256 284 323 010 26.04

Japan

10 887 2 017 307 12 574 13 211 5.07 35 830 38 595 7.72

Others

30 116 31 189 177 -6.35 516 430 -16.67

South Asia

1 070 167 81 959 1 318 37.43 3 142 4 012 27.69

Southeast Asia

7 443 3 742 1 798 9 721 12 983 33.56 30 929 34 359 11.09

Philippines

2 029 1 332 744 2 825 4 105 45.31 9 155 11 315 23.59

Indonesia

627 209 54 774 890 14.99 4 331 3 578 -17.39

Malaysia

1 397 835 153 1 942 2 385 22.81 5 276 6 154 16.64

Singapore

1 824 660 352 1 993 2 836 42.30 5 273 6 071 15.13

Thailand

1 299 333 467 1 708 2 099 22.89 5 374 5 421 0.87

Others

267 373 28 479 668 39.46 1 520 1 820 19.74

Americas

7 714 2 445 580 8 814 10 739 21.84 24 560 26 987 9.88

Europe

8 316 1 627 313 10 383 10 256 -1.22 28 948 27 250 -5.87

Oceania

2 556 650 108 3 115 3 314 6.39 8 703 9 558 9.82

Others

303 127 21 433 451 4.16 1 201 1 107 -7.83

Official Statistics. Reproduction of this information is authorized provided the source is quoted.

Statistics and Census Service

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Government of Macao Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service

TOURISM INDICATORS

MARCH/2001

No.3