Results of the Visitor Arrivals for August 2005

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.