Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicates that, the total number of visitor arrivals reached 1,663,623 in October 2005, up 10.2% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, China increased 9.8%, 10.9% and 2.9% respectively. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 52.8% of the total arrivals, at 878,158. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (57.9% of the total), Hong Kong (28.2%) and Taiwan, China (7.8%). Among the Mainland visitors, 491,989 (51.1%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first ten months of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 15,438,078, up 12.7% over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China increased 9.8% to 8,603,807 (55.7% of the total), with 4,412,915 arriving in Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Moreover, visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 30.1% (4,653,326) and 8.2% (1,271,645) of the total arrivals respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.1% of the total, at 8,047,371. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 5.9% year-on-year to 5,500,622 in the first ten months of 2005, with 5,339,148 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+5.0%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (60.0%) and Mainland China (29.0%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour rose 44.4% to 161,514, within which 68.9% were from Mainland China. In the first ten months of 2005, arrivals by land increased 16.1% to 9,064,103, with 8,454,726 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (76.7%) and Hong Kong (16.3%). In addition, arrivals by air were 873,313, up 25.7% compared with the same period of last year, with 864,453 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+27.0%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (69.6%) and Mainland China (16.1%) were the major users of this access.
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