Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that per-capita spending of visitors decreased by 5% year-on-year to MOP 1,527 in the second quarter of 2009. Analysed by place of residence, per-capita spending of Mainland visitors took the lead, at MOP 3,564; per-capita spending of those from Taiwan, China; Southeast Asia; and Hong Kong amounted to MOP 1,705, MOP 1,684 and MOP 1,112 respectively. Compared with the second quarter of 2008, per-capita spending of tourists dropped by 12% to MOP 2,088, while that of same-day visitors rose by 2% to MOP 471. In the second quarter of 2009, per-capita non-shopping spending (excluding gaming expenses) of visitors increased by 4% year-on-year to MOP 1,017, of which expenses on Accommodation and Food & Beverage accounted for 43% and 37% respectively. Meanwhile, per-capita shopping spending fell notably by 20% to MOP 510, with expenses on Local Food Products and Clothing sharing 40% and 17% respectively. Per-diem spending of visitors amounted to MOP 1,364 in the second quarter of 2009, a year-on-year decrease of 4%. Mainland visitors had the highest per-diem spending of MOP 2,378 and the respective spending of visitors from Taiwan, China; Americas; Southeast Asia; and Hong Kong was MOP 1,309, MOP 1,187, MOP 1,185 and MOP 1,097. The average length of stay of visitors held stable at 1.1 days, same as the second quarter of 2008, with Mainland visitors staying an average of 1.5 days. The average of tourists went down by 0.1 day year-on-year to 1.6 days when that of same-day visitors remained unchanged at 0.2 day.
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