Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that in 2005, total number of visitor arrivals increased 12% over 2004 to a new record of 18,711,187. Visitors came mainly from Mainland China and Hong Kong, sharing 56% and 30% of the total respectively. Subsequent to the implementation of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) to more provinces and cities, a total of 5,331,419 Mainland visitors travelled to Macao under the IVS, a remarkable growth of 52% over 2004. The number of visitor arrivals in package tours also increased 7% over 2004 to 2,675,753. Favourable developments of the local economy induced more residents to travel abroad. In 2005, number of residents travelling in package tours went up 39% over 2004 to 294,787 when those travelled under own arrangements using services provided by the travel agencies also increased 17% to 333,768. The hotel industry recorded a 4% growth to receive 4,121,088 guests in 2005. The opening of several new hotels in 2005 increased the supply of guest rooms, bringing the average hotel occupancy rate to drop by 4.6 percentage points over 2004 to 70.9%. The average length of stay of hotel guests was 1.22 nights, which was same as 2004. Per-capita spending of visitors was MOP 1,523 in 2005, down by 7% over 2004; per-capita spending of Mainland visitors topped with MOP 3,078. Compared with 2004, per-capita spending of visitors arriving by sea and by land was MOP_1,235 (-10%) and MOP 1,827 (+16%) respectively, while that of visitors arriving by air was MOP 4,881, similar to that of 2004. In 2005, per-capita non-shopping spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors was MOP 851, down by 4% over 2004. Visitors from Mainland China led with MOP 1,221. The largest share of the per-capita non-shopping spending of visitors went to “food and beverage” (40%) and “accommodation” (36%). Per-capita shopping spending of visitors posted a 10% decrease over 2004, with MOP_672, among which Mainland visitors took the lead with MOP 1,856; followed by those from Southeast Asia and Taiwan, China, with MOP 509 and MOP 441, while that of Hong Kong visitors was MOP 209. Spending on “food and candy” (26% of the total shopping spending) and “clothing” (20%) took the largest share. Per-diem spending of visitors was MOP 1,333 in 2005, a drop of 8% over 2004. Visitors from Mainland China had the highest per-diem spending of MOP 2,200. The average length of stay (1.1 days) of visitors was identical to that of 2004; the average for the tourists and same-day visitors was 1.7 days and 0.2 day respectively.
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