Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that total number of visitor arrivals increased 40% over 2003 to a historical high of 16,672,556 in 2004. Visitors came mainly from Mainland China and Hong Kong, which corresponded to 57% and 30% of total arrivals; besides, 3,518,752 Mainland visitors travelled to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme. Same-day visitors totalled 8,349,125 and accounted for 50% of the total arrivals. In addition, visitors in package tours leaped to 2,519,251, up 64% over 2003. In 2004, visitor arrivals by sea, by land and by air were 6,304,563 (+22%), 9,506,210 (+57%) and 861,783 (+32%) respectively. The number of Macao residents travelling in package tours went up 35% over 2003 to 211,966. Meanwhile, 286,471 Macao residents travelled under own arrangements with the assistance of travel agencies, a growth of 37% over 2003. Compared with 2003, number of overnight guests increased 30% to 3,956,154. The average occupancy rate of the hotel sector was 75.6%, a jump of 11.3 percentage points. The average length of stay of overnight guests was 1.22 nights, down 0.04 night. Per-capita spending of visitors in 2004 was MOP 1,633, up 8% over 2003. Per-capita spending of Mainland visitors topped the list with MOP 2,991. Per-capita spending of visitors arriving by sea and by air was MOP 1,372 (+3%) and MOP 4,882 (+21%) respectively, while that of visitors arriving by land had similar spending as in 2003, with MOP 1,569. In addition, per-capita non-shopping spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors was MOP 885, rose 6% over 2003. Visitors from Mainland China topped the list in this category, with MOP 1,201. Per-capita non-shopping spending of visitors were mainly spent on “food and beverage” (40%) and “accommodation” (37%). Per-capita shopping spending of visitors increased 9% over 2003 to MOP 748, among which visitors from Mainland China took the lead with MOP 1,790. This was followed by those from Taiwan, China (MOP 491) and Southeast Asia (MOP 393), while that of visitors from Hong Kong was MOP 244. “Chinese pastry, candy and food” (24% of the total shopping spending) and “clothing and fabrics” (22%) were the more popular shopping items. In 2004, per-diem spending of visitors rose 18% over 2003 to MOP 1,449. Mainland visitors had the highest per-diem spending of MOP 2,322. Per-diem spending of visitors arriving by sea, by land and by air was MOP 1,312 (+13%), MOP 1,477 (+12%) and MOP 2,208 (+48%) respectively.
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