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Results of the Package Tours and Hotel Occupancy Rate for July 2005


Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicates that in July 2005, visitor arrivals in package tours totalled 243,233, up 2.2% over July 2004. Visitors from Mainland China (193,974) decreased 3.9% year-on-year; visitors from Taiwan, China (22,371) increased 19.5% and those from Hong Kong (11,524) jumped 71.7%. In the first seven months of 2005, visitor arrivals in package tours grew 6.1% over the same period of 2004 to 1,480,333. Number of Macao residents travelling in package tours totalled 32,303 in July 2005, a year-on-year increase of 37.1%. Mainland China, Thailand and Taiwan, China were the three more popular tour itineraries, which accounted for 81.3%, 4.8% and 3.5% of the total respectively. In the first seven months of 2005, Macao residents travelling in package tours surged 48.4% compared with the same period of 2004. Meanwhile, 34,468 Macao residents travelled under own arrangements with the assistance of travel agencies, an increase of 24.0% over July 2004; Mainland China (35.0%), Hong Kong (29.9%) and Taiwan, China (14.4%) were the major destinations. In the first seven months of 2005, Macao residents travelling under such arrangements increased 3.5% compared with the same period of 2004. At the end of July 2005, there were 10,562 rooms available in hotels and similar establishments, an increase of 1,187 rooms (+12.7%) over July 2004. In July 2005, a total of 379,479 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments in Macao, up 0.9% over July 2004. The average hotel occupancy rate fell 8.0 percentage points to 74.0% compared with the same month of 2004. The highest occupancy rate was in 3-star hotels, at 85.4%. The average length of stay of hotel guests remained the same as in July 2004, with 1.16 nights. The majority of the guests came from Mainland China (56.6%), Hong Kong (29.5%) and Taiwan, China (3.6%). In the first seven months of 2005, number of hotel guests showed a year-on-year increase of 1.5% to 2,284,406. In the first seven months of 2005, hotel guests (excluding Macao residents) accounted for 42.7% of the total number of tourists, which was lower than the 46.4% recorded in the same period of 2004.



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