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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