Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that in October 2005, visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 215,510, up 5.8% over October 2004. Visitors from Mainland China (168,607) increased 7.7% year-on-year; visitors from Taiwan, China (21,775) decreased 11.9% and those from Hong Kong (9,418) increased 2.6%. In the first ten months of 2005, arrivals in package tours grew 6.9% over the same period of 2004 to 2,145,419. Number of Macao residents travelling in package tours totalled 23,095 in October 2005, a year-on-year increase of 43.3%. Mainland China; Taiwan, China; and Thailand were three of the more popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 85.1%, 4.1% and 3.3% of the total respectively. In the first ten months of 2005, Macao residents travelling in package tours showed a notable increase of 47.7% over the same period of 2004. Meanwhile, 27,486 Macao residents travelled under own arrangements with the assistance of travel agencies, an increase of 33.7% over October 2004; Mainland China (37.6%); Hong Kong (24.8%); and Taiwan, China (16.9%) were the major destinations. In the first ten months of 2005, Macao residents travelling under such arrangements rose 8.9% compared with the same period of 2004. At the end of October 2005, there were 10,635 rooms available in hotels and similar establishments, an increase of 1,557 rooms (+17.2%) over October 2004. In October 2005, a total of 351,692 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments in Macao, up 5.9% over October 2004. The average hotel occupancy rate fell by 1.8 percentage points to 75.3% compared with the same month of 2004; the highest average hotel occupancy rate was in 3-star hotels, at 84.3%. The average length of stay of hotel guests showed an increase of 0.08 night over October 2004 to 1.25 nights. The majority of the guests came from Mainland China (59.0%); Hong Kong (25.0%); and Taiwan, China (3.5%). In the first ten months of 2005, number of hotel guests recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.8% to 3,346,624. In the first ten months of 2005, hotel guests (excluding Macao residents) accounted for 42.8% of the total number of tourists, which was lower than the 45.6% recorded in the same period of 2004.
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