Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that visitor arrivals in package tours in June 2009 declined further by 46.1% year-on-year to 183,140. Visitors from Mainland China (108,662); Hong Kong (15,422); Taiwan, China (12,630) and Japan (9,322) decreased substantially by 51.1%, 31.7%, 23.2% and 44.6% respectively. In the first half year of 2009, visitor arrivals in package tours fell by 5.7% year-on-year to 2,274,500. In June 2009, the number of Macao residents travelling outbound in package tours decreased significantly by 40.0% year-on-year to 12,105. Mainland China (62.3%); Taiwan, China (11.4%); and Thailand (5.6%) were the most popular tour itineraries. In the first half year of 2009, residents travelling outbound in package tours dropped by 14.0% year-on-year to 91,638. Meanwhile, 33,420 residents travelling outbound under own arrangements with services of travel agencies, up by 1.5% over June 2008. Mainland China (48.9%); Hong Kong (19.1%) and Taiwan, China (17.1%) were the main destinations. In the first half year of 2009, outbound residents travelling under such arrangements rose by 7.5% year-on-year to 196,627. At the end of June 2009, total number of guest rooms available in the hotel sector increased by 1,899 (+11.7%) from a year earlier to 18,128 rooms. In June 2009, a total of 445,756 guests checked into hotels and similar establishments, down by 12.6% year-on-year, with the majority of guests coming from Mainland China (40.0%) and Hong Kong (29.5%). The average hotel occupancy rate plunged notably by 12.6 percentage points year-on-year to 60.7%, with 4-star hotels leading at 64.5%. The average length of stay of hotel guests increased by 0.13 night year-on-year to 1.52 nights. The cumulative number of hotel guests decreased by 3.2% in the first six months of 2009 to 3,104,723. In the first half year of 2009, visitor-guests of hotels accounted for 61.7% of the total number of tourists, up from 56.9% in the corresponding period of 2008.
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