Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that in September 2005, visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 194,339, up 7.0% over September 2004. Visitors from Mainland China (150,643) increased 13.3% year-on-year; visitors from Taiwan, China (19,348) decreased 30.6% and those from Hong Kong (8,025) increased 3.6%. In the first nine months of 2005, arrivals in package tours grew 7.1% over the same period of 2004 to 1,929,909. Number of Macao residents travelling in package tours totalled 24,075 in September 2005, a year-on-year surge of 94.3%. Mainland China, Taiwan, China and Thailand were the three more popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 83.3%, 4.6% and 4.6% of the total respectively. In the first nine months of 2005, Macao residents travelling in package tours surged 48.1% compared with the same period of 2004. Meanwhile, 28,947 Macao residents travelled under own arrangements with the assistance of travel agencies, an increase of 20.4% over September 2004; Mainland China (39.1%), Hong Kong (23.0%) and Taiwan, China (15.7%) were the major destinations. In the first nine months of 2005, Macao residents travelling under such arrangements rose 6.6% compared with the same period of 2004. At the end of September 2005, there were 10,679 rooms available in hotels and similar establishments, an increase of 1,574 rooms (+17.3%) over September 2004. In September 2005, a total of 325,719 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments in Macao, up 9.6% over September 2004. The average hotel occupancy rate fell by 4.3 percentage points to 67.0% compared with the same month of 2004; the highest average hotel occupancy rate was in 3-star hotels, at 78.5%. The average length of stay of hotel guests showed a decrease of 0.01 night over September 2004 to 1.17 nights. The majority of the guests came from Mainland China (56.4%), Hong Kong (28.2%) and Taiwan, China (3.7%). In the first nine months of 2005, number of hotel guests recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.4% to 2,994,932. In the first nine months of 2005, hotel guests (excluding Macao residents) accounted for 42.8% of the total number of tourists, which was lower than the 45.8% recorded in the same period of 2004.
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