Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of visitor and non-resident arrivals was 2,531,550 in December 2009; visitor arrivals for December 2009 increased by 6.7% year-on-year to 2,035,857. Analyzed by place of residence, visitors from Mainland China grew by 17.8% year-on-year to 1,010,689 (49.6% of total visitor arrivals), with 397,907 travelling to Macao under the Individual Visit Scheme, down by 13.2% from December 2008 (458,312). Visitors from Taiwan, China (114,207) and Indonesia (28,899) rose by 10.8% and 29.9% respectively; however, visitors from Hong Kong (601,932), Malaysia (45,963), Singapore (39,559) and Japan (38,292) decreased by 6.9%, 4.9%, 3.7% and 6.5% respectively. Same-day visitors (985,135) accounted for 48.4% of the total visitor arrivals, with 487,142 coming from Mainland China. Visitor arrivals totalled 21,752,751 for the whole year of 2009, down by 5.1% year-on-year. Visitors from Mainland China (10,989,533), Hong Kong (6,727,822), Taiwan, China (1,292,551) and Malaysia (332,529) dropped by 5.4%, 4.1%, 1.8% and 22.4% respectively, while those from Japan (379,241) registered an increase of 3.4%. In 2009, same-day visitors accounted for 52.2% of the total visitor arrivals, at 11,350,852. Analyzed by mode of transport, visitor arrivals by sea totalled 8,684,809 in 2009, down by 5.3% year-on-year. Visitors arriving at the Outer Harbour decreased by 17.5% to 5,997,964 whereas those arriving at the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa rose by 56.3% to 2,403,344. Visitor arrivals by land decreased by 5.3% year-on-year to 11,448,843 in 2009; those arriving through the Border Gate totalled 10,623,814 and the majority were visitors from Mainland China (77.7%) and Hong Kong (14.2%). Visitor arrivals by air went down by 2.8% year-on-year to 1,619,099 in 2009. Visitors arriving at the Macao International Airport dropped by 2.9% to 1,583,933, with the majority coming from Taiwan, China (38.2%), Mainland China (25.6%), Malaysia (8.1%) and Thailand (6.7%).
