Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that, in light of the summer holidays, number of visitor arrivals reached 1,732,083 in August 2005, another all-time record registered in a single month, up 7.1% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, China increased 5.1%, 6.4% and 14.1% respectively. Meanwhile, same-day visitors accounted for 51.1% of the total arrivals, at 884,623. The majority of visitors came from Mainland China (54.3% of the total), Hong Kong (32.5%) and Taiwan, China (8.0%). Among the Mainland visitors, 520,133 (55.3%) travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. In the first eight months of 2005, visitor arrivals totalled 12,321,130, up 13.3% over the same period of last year. Visitors from Mainland China increased 10.0% to 6,843,974 (55.5% of the total), with 3,534,897 arriving in Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Moreover, visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China shared 30.3% (3,736,529) and 8.3% (1,021,777) of the total respectively. Same-day visitors accounted for 52.2% of the total, at 6,428,418. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea went up 5.0% year-on-year to 4,416,976 in the first eight months of 2005, with 4,304,000 arriving at the Outer Harbour (+4.5%); the majority of these visitors were from Hong Kong (59.9%) and Mainland China (29.3%). Visitor arrivals at the Inner Harbour rose 31.8% to 112,976, within which 69.2% were from Mainland China. In the first eight months of 2005, arrivals by land increased 17.4% to 7,206,306, with 6,634,814 arriving through the Border Gate. The majority of these visitors came from Mainland China (76.9%) and Hong Kong (16.5%). Visitor arrivals through the Checkpoint of CoTai were 571,492. In addition, arrivals by air were 697,848, up 30.7% compared with the same period of last year, with 690,169 arriving at the Macao International Airport (+32.1%). Visitors from Taiwan, China (70.2%) and Mainland China (15.7%) were the major users of this access.
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