More Than 1.3 Million Crossed Border During Chinese New Year Holidays

Immigration authorities recorded a total of 1,325,398 crossing the five immigration checkpoints of the Macao SAR over the Chinese New Year holidays (28 January 2006 to 1 February 2006). Total number of arrivals stood at 671,061, with Border-gate 454,385 Lotus Bridge 131 Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal 182,889 Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14 10,147 Macao International Airport 23,509 Total of departures stood at 654,337, with Border-gate 484,219 Lotus Bridge 320 Outer Harbor Ferry Terminal 146,701 Inner Harbor Wharf Nº14 7,502 Macao International Airport 15,595. Meanwhile, total number of tourists entering Macao in that period stood at 391,971, with a growth of +9.05% over the same period of last year.